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At the heart of the estate sits a 23,000-square-foot main residence that’s paired with a 6,200-square-foot guest house beside a private pond, all framed by sweeping views of Mount Timpanogos.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
Zwerner was shot in the chest and hand while sitting at a reading table in her classroom.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The rituals were ancient, unchanged since Rustin had sat for his.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Sedarat's father, Roger Sedarat, sat quietly in the back of the courtroom with a lawyer and another woman Wednesday as his son made his initial appearance.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
Zwerner was shot in the chest and hand while sitting at a reading table in her classroom.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The rituals were ancient, unchanged since Rustin had sat for his.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Sedarat's father, Roger Sedarat, sat quietly in the back of the courtroom with a lawyer and another woman Wednesday as his son made his initial appearance.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit
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No more having to wait for the preheat temperature or worrying about forgetting to set it.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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Artistic director Eddine Noël did much of the research into the time period and the environment of the Kansai region in which the film is set, and built a replica of the house featured in the novel, and the team designed the house with Western furniture to represent the cultural fusion.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
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In fact, having the audience seated so close to the actors, some of the sung lines are easier to understand and the joy and suffering the actors transmit from such a close perspective makes their feelings more palpable.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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Mecca was seated atop a desk, paws on a yellow pad.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Thailand accused Cambodia of laying fresh landmines following the removal of a barbed wire fence, which was discovered on November 9.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Thank you @cyndilauper for laying the groundwork for artists like me to thrive.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Nov. 2025
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Mexico enters the 2026 World Cup with the excitement and pressure of co-hosting the tournament, eager to finally break its long-standing barrier of reaching the Round of 16.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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In one of the most popular videos, a woman stands with spices attached to her outfit.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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The brace successfully monitored joint bending while the subject walked, ran, squatted, and jumped, even reconstructing the person’s running gait with precision.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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The husband stood numbly by, watching Qing Yuan complete the form, then shuffled out to squat against the wall to smoke.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Johnson’s 55-yard TD run in the third quarter put MidAmerica Nazarene up 31-0.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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Younger consumers are, as Veblen might put it, performing taste with efficiency.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Just as MBAs worldwide have spawned a managerial caste — the foot soldiers of the corporate world — the reckoning schools produced their own commercial caste.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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The original series has spawned international adaptations in some 12 countries.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Besides Prabowo’s involvement, there are also still a number of Suharto loyalists in Indonesia.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Veterans Day is almost here and there are plenty of freebies and discounts available for retired and active-duty military service members.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Sit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sit. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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