as in studying
to use the mind to acquire knowledge
I suggest you bone up a bit on torts before the next attempt at the bar exam
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Zach is hunched over a bowl of fruit-adjacent cereal studying a Calvin and Hobbes book lying open on the counter.—
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RevMed expects to share data this quarter from a Phase 3 trial studying its pill versus chemotherapy in people whose cancer has spread and who have already tried one other treatment.—
Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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On average, these objects hit our atmosphere going over 15 miles per second.—
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The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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At 23, police stopped her for going over 100 miles per hour down the Pacific Coast Highway in a Ferrari 275 GTB4—the same make and model as a missing car that belonged to Sharon Tate, who had recently been murdered by Charles Manson’s followers.—
Jennifer Cannon,
Vanity Fair,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Boning (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boning%20%28up%29. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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