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as in to live
to have life
stories that begin with the familiar line "once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden"
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as in to happen
to take place
the party is next Saturday
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Recent Examples of be
But there were things beyond our creative control that shifted the storytelling.
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026
There is also an industry strand, entitled The Business Forum.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
Without real estate, there is no access.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026
Today guests come not from Rome as the Cité’s founders did, but from across France, northern Spain (the border is just two hours away), England (there are direct Ryanair flights to Carcassonne’s small airport), as well as the US.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026
There is also an industry strand, entitled The Business Forum.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
Without real estate, there is no access.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026
Today guests come not from Rome as the Cité’s founders did, but from across France, northern Spain (the border is just two hours away), England (there are direct Ryanair flights to Carcassonne’s small airport), as well as the US.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for be
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Mfume pulled himself up by the proverbial bootstraps and decided to live a life of service rather than heading down the wrong path.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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Kawanza Cruickshank, 35, lives next door to the building that exploded and his house also caught fire.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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This moment in history, when Maryland stood almost alone beyond the partisan fray, should make every Marylander proud.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
3 May 2026
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The account, which can be replenished as needed with property tax dollars and federal emergency money, stands at $116 million.—
Nicolas Villamil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 2026
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Hughes’ 2,914 points rank first in program history and 15th in NCAA history.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Prosecutors say that Allen tried to storm the dinner − where Vice President JD Vance and others from the administration were also in attendance − with multiple guns and knives, intending to kill high-ranking officials.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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Officials are still trying to determine what happened aboard the ship, which commands fares of up to $28,845 for a 46-day journey that includes a tour of the Antarctica Peninsula and stops in Tierra del Fuego on the southern edge of Argentina.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2026
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Voters who won the case wanted the transfer to happen without the waiting period to grant more time for new maps to be drawn.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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But the consensus is that college will still exist in ten or twenty or thirty years, a forecast that, for a parent of two staring down future tuition bills, is a bit disappointing.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
5 May 2026
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For his part, Becerra supports extending existing measures like Propositions 30 and 55, both of which call for much smaller tax increases on a larger share of citizens.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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Power is not the constraint Detectability depends less on total power and more on direction—whether Earth happens to lie inside the beam.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026
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But just a few miles away from Chicago and Schapiro’s avant-garde wonderland, in West Hollywood, lay another IRL feminist utopia called Fanny Hill.—
Marissa Lorusso,
Pitchfork,
3 May 2026
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The documents go on to say that after Dukes was arrested and placed into a Chicago youth facility at 15 years old, he was signed to Warner Records.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Earlier in the day, Charles delivered a rare address to a joint session of Congress, highlighting the second day of his four-day state visit and placing the spotlight on the strained but enduring relationship between his country and the United States.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The French Revolution, coming so soon after America’s successful War of Independence, had produced first the Terror and then a war of conquest that culminated in humiliating defeat.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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And make no mistake, his voice will matter in what comes next.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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“Be.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/be. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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