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Adjective
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This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
13 Jan. 2023 -
According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.—
Elliot Hughes,
Journal Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Even these young players already have major tournament experience — a huge strength given their tough group.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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However, generally speaking, insoluble fiber is commonly found in whole grains, bran, legumes, nuts, seeds, produce skins, and tough vegetables and fruits.—
Mara Santilli,
SELF,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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The Bear Elite Hybrid comes in soft, medium and firm options.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
27 June 2025
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The Drive The steering has weight and the ride is firm but not stiff.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Only the people of Iran, organized, unified, and backed by a principled international community, can finally bring this dark chapter to an end.—
Jila Andalib,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2025
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This field provides graduates with all sorts of opportunities within the healthcare field, and is a principled choice with a great ROI.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Advancing conservation—through MPAs as well as a host of complementary policies and data collection efforts—supports economies and scientific research in a virtuous cycle.—
Dona Bertarelli,
Time,
30 June 2025
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The film winds to a close with the police chief and the biologist, the two out-of-towners, triumphantly swimming to shore as the sun rises on a new Amity, replacing Benchley’s original paean to the virtuous American worker with the film’s implicit antipopulism.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Sandoval has received some pay bumps, including a temporary $10,000-a-year bonus for Hawaii special education teachers designed to alleviate shortages in that and other hard-to-staff areas.—
Alia Wong,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2023
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Whether those numbers are an overstatement, or possibly an understatement, is hard to say.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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That temptation, rich in moral confusion, runs through Leonardland, onscreen as on the page.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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The only real protection from moral injury… is moral courage.—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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The vacuum even converts from an upright model into a handheld that makes jobs like removing pet hair from furniture, crumbs from car seats, and more so much easier.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
29 June 2025
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Pictures of the remains show the skeleton in an upright position, still retaining dark brown hair.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
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“Backboned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backboned. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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