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Verb
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The case claims Ball ran over a 12-year-old’s foot while driving away from a 2023 scrimmage at Spectrum Center.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
1 May 2026 -
The larger boat accelerated toward the smaller one and ran over it like a pickup truck speeding over a dead dog.—
Óscar Martínez,
The Dial,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Orders that leave our kitchen hot and carefully prepared sometimes arrive cold, spilled or mishandled.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Daniel estimated that the equivalent of roughly 80,000 oil barrels has spilled from Kharg Island since the slick was first detected by satellite images Tuesday.—
Adam Schreck,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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“Boiled over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boiled%20over. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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