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Recent Examples of loop
Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
This ethos is most powerfully expressed in the opening credits, a montage of family photos that progress and loop back through time over swelling violins.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Subtle bits of faux wheat give it additional texture, and there’s an attached loop in the back for easy hanging.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Other videos loop the track for longer, slow it down, or add reverb.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
This ethos is most powerfully expressed in the opening credits, a montage of family photos that progress and loop back through time over swelling violins.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
The extent to which anybody else is aware of the time-loop is ambiguous; the ship’s skipper is an elderly man with no memory of his name, and at times it’s implied that the town has deliberately trapped these men.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Subtle bits of faux wheat give it additional texture, and there’s an attached loop in the back for easy hanging.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loop
Noun
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On behalf of women’s hoop-lovers in this region who’ve been waiting decades for this.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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There hasn’t been an official college hoops game released since 2008, though recent changes to NIL and revenue-sharing regulations re-opened the door.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Army has released its own report detailing several lapses in how officials leading Card's unit dealt with the reservist's spiraling mental health.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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What began as a series of anonymous messages targeting a teenage girl and her boyfriend spiraled into a months-long investigation, ending in a devastating betrayal no one saw coming.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Rollins decided to try to get into the ring and take the belt back for his wife, but AJ stood over it to block him.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Thatcher Commentarystudent loans and debt My wife sold her engagement ring to pay our tax bill.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The skunk with distemper is stuck in the window well again, chewing incessantly on the garden hose that is coiled up in there.—
Miriam Toews
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Inside each 13-centimeter-long rectangular 8-track cartridge is a loop of almost 1 cm-wide magnetic tape that is coiled around a circular reel, as explained in an EverPresent blog post on the technology.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While other members came and went, Davies and Hodgson remained the band's core and key creative ingredients for over a decade.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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Bettencourt performed with Osbourne at the show, and his band Extreme honored him with a medley of his hits at a concert in Zürich last month.—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The altitude is low enough to allow for things like satellites to circle Earth fairly quickly.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Just before midnight on Friday, August 22nd, insects circled the bright lights outside the Texas state capitol and sprinklers watered the lawn.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Pair some dark brown boots with tall black socks and a chunky belt (or two) to accentuate the color contrast.—
Abby Morgan Lebet,
Glamour,
5 Sep. 2025
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From fighter to far-right figurehead McGregor, one of the UFC’s most famous stars, became the first fighter to hold two of the championship’s belts simultaneously in November 2016 and holds a 22-6 career record.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Along the Corniche—a sweeping waterfront promenade curving around the bay—traditional dhows drift past a shimmering skyline of minarets and sculptural skyscrapers.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Here, miles away from the nearest public road, a small canyon carves into curving limestone.—
Eva Frederick,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Loop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loop. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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