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Adjective
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025 -
Summit kept up the strong play as its defense forced and recovered a fumble from Dallas Simmons.—
Jordan Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The end result of a tough negotiation that included a nearly two-week blackout of Disney channels on Charter in 2023 was a much closer working relationship between the two.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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Just a week after giving birth, Menish took her six-hour Evidence exam from home in December 2023 — one of the toughest finals in the curriculum.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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With over 30,000 five-star reviews, this is a budget-friendly winner for those looking for a firmer foam mattress.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
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More specifically, Timberland’s iconic wheat boots and field boots had a firm grip on inner-city consumers who had repurposed the shoes for street style.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Yet the competent and principled men on the island were wiped out under colonization.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
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But in the 21st century, American power depends on principled leadership, allies, and legitimacy.—
Loree Sutton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Instead of a royal patriarch ruling over voiceless subjects, America would be a fraternity of virtuous (male) citizens, created equal in their potential for self-government.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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These principles—however virtuous—do come with risks.—
Adam Gale,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That’s the beauty of the league — every play matters and every play is hard to execute.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Oct. 2025
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And help may be harder to find because some insurers no longer pay brokers commissions for new business.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Let’s put aside the moral case.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Our moral and national duty is to bring them all home, both the living and the fallen.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Studies show that angling yourself upright during sleep can help combat a number of related issues—including sleep apnea, acid reflux, lower back pain, and snoring.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
10 Oct. 2025
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In this way, the robot’s system zero has learned by trial and error to walk and stay upright with high accuracy.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Backboned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backboned. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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