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Recent Examples of appear The payment came about a month after the two appeared together at the Houston rally. Joey Garrison, USA Today, 20 May 2025 Costars Angela Bassett, Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Tramell Tillman and Nick Offerman also appeared at the movie's U.S. premiere. Tommy McArdle, People.com, 19 May 2025 Before his rise to the papacy, Cardinal Robert Prevost appeared to have shared news articles via an account on the social media platform X that were critical of the Trump administration's plans for mass deportations of migrants. Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 19 May 2025 Trump appears to have opted for using tariffs as a stick. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for appear
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appear
Verb
  • Videos show activists, many of whom were wearing keffiyehs, yelling and swearing as police officers attempted to get the unruly crowd under control.
    Andrea Margolis , Kitty Le Claire, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2025
  • The new pope is registered to vote in the Chicago suburbs, and voting records obtained by CBS News show he's voted in several general elections — along with both Democratic and Republican primaries.
    May 8, CBS News, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • In 2022, however, the financial market seemed to turn upside down.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • There are a few tables and a small bar for seating, but the restaurant seems geared heavily toward take-out business.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • Jennifer Donahue, a spokesperson for Massachusetts state courts, confirmed day 15 of the trial is set to begin at 9 a.m.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • After an ear-splitting sound, the wind began to calm.
    Gwen Rockwood, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Trump kicks off Middle East tour President Donald Trump has arrived in Saudi Arabia for the start of three days of summits in the Middle East, blending business and diplomacy.
    Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • An eleventh-hour Missouri path would arrive closer to the sunset of that one-year STAR bonds proposal than its sunrise.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • Over the course of the young adult novel, a parallel love story also unfolds.
    Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2025
  • But since the late 1990s, whenever India and Pakistan approached the brink of war, a familiar de-escalation playbook unfolded: intense diplomacy, often led by the United States, would help defuse tensions.
    Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • After a memorable Game 4 victory to take a 3-1 series lead, the Knicks looked poised to take care of business in five games, especially with Boston losing Jayson Tatum to an Achilles injury.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 17 May 2025
  • Some companies will look to outside data scientists and software specialists to get started.
    Claus Jepsen, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • This is where strategic thinking becomes impactful, as leaders start operating collectively with others to redefine what is possible.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 17 May 2025
  • All of those accomplishments, however, paled in personal significance to what the Dodgers’ starting catcher did.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • The flashy sequences of violence feel apt for TV (Netflix, along with Steven Spielberg’s production outfit and the Obamas’ media company, is working on a series), but the novel’s real draw is the quieter ache of a family torn apart.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
  • Have no doubts, Ancelotti will feel as at home in Brazil as in Italy.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 15 May 2025

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