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boned

verb

past tense of bone

as in dressed

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Something healed in me over my wedding weekend, watching my gringo groom sweat through his vintage Hollywood tux while learning to dance samba from a passista dressed in her carnival regalia.

— Jess Joho, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Stone was dressed as an aesthetically conscious conservative housewife with a crisp button-down shirt, A-line skirt, peroxide blowout and fake facelift sutures.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026

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The apartments Svetlana cleaned belonged to people in their thirties who didn’t seem to leave the house much—there was trash from Amazon and Uber Eats everywhere.

— Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Some blankets can only be spot-cleaned, while others have removable, washable covers that can be laundered with everything else.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2026

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Four of the five Knicks starters stayed at home, and Mikal Bridges made the trip to Canada only to watch his reserves get eviscerated in a 148-98 rout by the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday.

— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026
In that, both teams played their best players and Houston’s defensive line eviscerated the Panthers’ offensive line.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2026

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Initial results indicate that the method can separate metal chlorides from magnet material more efficiently, allowing nearly all the metals to be extracted while using comparatively small amounts of chemicals.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Kay’s latest appeal says his trial lawyer pressured him to reject a plea deal carrying five to 10 years and questions testimony about who extracted data from Skaggs’ phone.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

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