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as in bed
a place set aside for sleeping
the clock struck midnight, signaling that it was time to hit the rack
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as in distress
a state of great suffering of body or mind
suffering the rack of a sprained ankle, the climber had to make his way back down the mountain to camp felt the rack of regret after losing her temper with her teenagers
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as in to plague
to cause persistent suffering to
the young man was racked with guilt over the lie he had told to his parents the country has been racked by years of civil war
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as in to pull
to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure
she racked her brain trying to remember where she'd put the money the sails of the boat were racked by the storm's winds
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Recent Examples of rack
Evgenia Anastasakos,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
Hard to say because Eaton has wisely moved inside the server rack with its liquid cooling acquisition .
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
John Burek,
PC Magazine,
7 June 2026
Channel your inner-Stewart and stock up on actually cute Skechers to refresh your shoe rack this season.
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Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
5 June 2026
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Noun
The one-block stretch of Catalpa Avenue, from Clark Street to Ashland Avenue, is the neighborhood’s first pedestrian plaza, officials said, and will feature seating areas, trees, native plants, decorative lighting and bike racks.
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Evgenia Anastasakos,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
Hard to say because Eaton has wisely moved inside the server rack with its liquid cooling acquisition .
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
Verb
But some of the event's most memorable hardware wasn't found inside the workstations and rack servers powering the AI revolution.
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John Burek,
PC Magazine,
7 June 2026
Channel your inner-Stewart and stock up on actually cute Skechers to refresh your shoe rack this season.
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Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
5 June 2026
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The father, Marquise Anderson, said Joanna wet the bed on two occasions on a night in February at the house in the 1900 block of Daniel Street.
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The case challenges the agency’s practice of holding noncitizens for sometimes days in facilities without a bed or other adequate accommodations.
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The Hoffmans are suing Boelter for assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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Not to mention smoking hot Hart Bochner as the himbo-in-distress.
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The high school exam board, CBSE, has faced public outrage over an electronic marking system plagued with technical glitches, during which students said answers were wrongly marked or, in some cases, answer sheets were omitted entirely.
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The department said that all reopenings of the Reflecting Pool have been plagued by algae blooms and that vacuuming up the algae would take a couple of days.
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This seasonal turn pulls you toward a time of reflection.
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To pull it off, the show’s creative team had to build a rock star from the ground up, crafting a visual identity, creating music that could stand on its own outside the series, and transforming Reid into a performer capable of owning a crowd rather than simply acting in front of one.
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This handheld vacuum has a lightweight design and strong suction to clean debris in hard-to-reach areas behind the couch, in the car, and other hard-to-reach areas.
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Or at least squeezed in a solid couch nap with baseball/golf/soccer/primo history programming murmuring in the background.
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His journey to becoming CEO of Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge involves a buildup of pain and addiction.
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About two decades ago, Turner said, the healthcare industry started acknowledging the limits and risks of prescribing opioids for chronic pain.
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Supporting people who have too often been, and continue to be, persecuted and othered would be a direct way to address the suffering.
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It's partially inspired by director Benjamin Christensen's research on the German text Malleus Maleficarum, a guide to witchcraft for inquisitors looking to persecute its perpetrators.
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The kitchen is sleek and fully equipped for feeding a crowd, and the sleeping arrangements strike that rare balance between elevated and practical—proper suites for the adults and a bunk room that kids will immediately claim.
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This meant that men and women couldn't share beds, and the girls would have to bunk with one another.
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“Rack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rack. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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