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What Does It Mean to "Pull Out All the Stops"?

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Marvel Reveals Avengers 'Endgame'

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Late Autumn 2018 Words of the Day Quiz

Winter is...proximate?

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AP: Tabloid Spiked 'Salacious' Trump Tip

'arousing or appealing to sexual desire'

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Mueller Questions, U.S. May Sanction 'Oligarchs'

'a member of a small group which exercises control of government'

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Zuck: Cook 'Glib'

'insincere to the point of being deceitful'

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Daniels' Lawyer Wants to 'Depose' Trump, Cohen

'to take testimony from especially by deposition'

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'Omnibus' Bill Signed Into Law

'containing or including many items'

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New Movie Drives Spikes on 'Acrimony'

'anger and bitterness'

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Trump: They Wanted Me to 'Excoriate' Putin

'to criticize very harshly'

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Sanders: Bombings Have No Nexus to 'Terrorism'

'the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion'

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McCabe Fired for Lacking 'Candor'

'the quality of being open, sincere, and honest'

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'Feminism' Trending on International Women's Day

'the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes'

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Hicks: I Tell 'White Lies'

'a lie about a small or unimportant matter'

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'Unwitting' and 'Hoax' Spike After Russians' Indictments

'not knowing' or 'not intended'

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Sessions: Sheriffs Part of 'Anglo-American' Heritage

'reflecting English and American jurisprudence'

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Obama: Different 'Sartorial' Decisions

'of or relating to clothes'

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US Stocks Experience 'Whipsaw'

'to beset or victimize in two opposite ways at once'

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Trump: Not Clapping is 'Treasonous'

'the crime of trying to overthrow your country's government'

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White House: Likely to Release Nunes Memo Without 'Redaction'

'removing sensitive information'

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Nunes: FBI Has 'Spurious' Objections to Memo

'false' or 'of a deceitful nature'

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Ryan: There May Have Been 'Malfeasance'

'wrongdoing or misconduct'

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Brady Takes Umbrage with 'Pissant' Comment

'an insignificant person or thing'

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Gov't Shutdown to 'Furlough' Federal Employees

"a period of time when an employee is told not to come to work and is not paid"

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Johnson: London Mayor a 'Popinjay'

'a strutting supercilious person'

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Trump: 'Libel' Laws a Disgrace

'a written defamatory statement'

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CNN's Tapper: Miller 'Obsequious,' 'Factotum'

exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

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Trump: That's Just a 'Misnomer'

"use of a wrong or inappropriate name"

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