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as in to hammer out
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Verb
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But behind the scenes, the utility was hammering out a deal with the Denver Broncos to sell 25 acres of its 36-acre campus.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
17 Sep. 2025 -
Laura Pryor, the budget center’s research director, said the latest budget agreement hammered out by Newsom and top Democrats in the Legislature will also contribute to worsening poverty.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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This led her to play Megan, the title characters' scheming younger sister on Drake & Josh.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Sep. 2025
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The model is clearly capable of scheming.—
Harper’s Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His upper half is running the play while his lower half is plotting an escape route.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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Earlier this month, Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced the rightist Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup following his 2023 election loss.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This dump-and-go slow cooker recipe takes most of the hard work out of the process.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
21 Sep. 2025
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Try working out in the morning, as exercising too close to bedtime can activate the mind and body.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
20 Sep. 2025
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These days, more people are tapping into buy now, pay later plans for everything from clothes to concert tickets.—
Samantha Wei,
NBC news,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Beatles stopped touring at the end of 1966 and disbanded in 1970, which makes the Comiskey Park concert a unique moment in time.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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Sonar revealed ancient relics along the sea floor, including a series of colossal structures standing 20 feet high and arranged in rows, as well as several anchors and amphora.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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But Bradley’s not super bothered, because her informant has messaged her and arranged a meeting in Central Park.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Set in 1972, Collier, played by Reeve, becomes intrigued with a photo of McKenna, played by Seymour, hanging at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island during his stay there and travels back in time to meet McKenna.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Metz was nonetheless intrigued enough by the conversation to discuss it with her editor at Wired.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The wind sighs: Save me, Lord, for the waters have compassed my soul.—
Tomas Tranströmer,
The New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2024
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At its best, McCarthy’s fiction could compass the strange and often violent order of existence.—
Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
13 June 2023
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“Angle (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angle%20%28for%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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