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Recent Examples of scotch
Hopes it gets scotched will have improved with Trump unveiling a trade deal with the UK – one of the nations that most takes advantage of American production needs.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 May 2025
Katy Perry is gearing up to launch her global Lifetimes tour in Mexico City on Wednesday night (April 23), but a pair of Guadalajara, Mexico shows originally scheduled for next week have been scotched due to issues with the venue.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2025
The three-minute segment came on a chilly late-winter’s eve, scotching any notion that the forecast Doctor Love shouted out loud would be hotter than hell.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
At times, the episodes become a little repetitive as Carter shows up somewhere after the arrival of the gang members to scotch their plans in increasingly ingenious ways.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 May 2025
Katy Perry is gearing up to launch her global Lifetimes tour in Mexico City on Wednesday night (April 23), but a pair of Guadalajara, Mexico shows originally scheduled for next week have been scotched due to issues with the venue.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2025
The three-minute segment came on a chilly late-winter’s eve, scotching any notion that the forecast Doctor Love shouted out loud would be hotter than hell.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
At times, the episodes become a little repetitive as Carter shows up somewhere after the arrival of the gang members to scotch their plans in increasingly ingenious ways.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scotch
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The other was a dreamy blue and cream under-the-sea design, complete with shell decorations and a pearl embedded in a clam.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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To dive deeper: start with always-easy-to-crunch lumpia or, even better, laing, taro leaves creamed in coconut milk with seasonings like garlic, ginger and shrimp paste.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2025
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This month, Surfside hit the milestone of topping 5 million cases sold in 2025, besting what sold for all of last year.—
Chloe Sorvino,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
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This was a record turnaround among SpaceX launches from Space Coast launch pads at 2 hours and 54 minutes besting October’s double launch that saw a Falcon 9 launch at CCSFS just eight hours, 42 minutes after a Falcon Heavy launch at KSC.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 July 2025
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Common roof framing is a true skill, and each day, there are fewer carpenters who have mastered it.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
19 July 2025
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In an era where scaling speed often determines market success, the companies that master front-line first hiring may find a scaling edge when growing or entering new markets.—
Charles Towers-Clark,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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The Boston Celtics are still licking their wounds following the heartbreaking end to the 2024-25 NBA season.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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And Lil Wayne agrees by licking my face, which is part of the job description for companion dogs.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
9 July 2025
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On a Friday night in February on East Sixth Street, a steely-eyed bar doorman rushed around a crowd agitating on the sidewalk and whipped a flashlight above his shoulder.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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While the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun rolling back its shoes-off policy at security checkpoints, this ability to whip them off and on in seconds is still majorly convenient for travel.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
29 July 2025
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But how will the Four defeat an almost godlike being, even with their impressive superpowers?—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 July 2025
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As a fighting force, Hezbollah, the most powerful of Tehran’s proxy forces since 1982, was defeated.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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There’s open-pore wood trim with backlit accents, brushed aluminum trim, a wide range of ambient lights and three-zone climate control.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025
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President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending legislation will trim more than $900 billion in federal spending on Medicaid over the next decade.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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To obtain the copper ore, Resolution, which is owned by multinational firms Rio Tinto and BHP, will use a method known as block cave mining in which tunnels are drilled beneath the ore body, and then collapsed, leaving the ore to be moved to a crushing facility.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
30 July 2025
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Schwarber crushed a first-pitch sweeper, hitting the ball nearly to the right-field concourse, for the two-run home run in the third.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
30 July 2025
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“Scotch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scotch. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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