1
as in groups
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
a boodle of teenagers boarded the bus together
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as in bribes
something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision
an IRS agent was caught accepting some boodle from people she was auditing
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Noun
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Accommodations range from traditional hotel rooms to six-bedroom houses, ideal for larger groups.—
Chelsea Adams,
USA Today,
20 June 2026 -
At the same time, progressive and labor groups that often find themselves at odds with the Chamber are avoiding jumping to conclusions, saying the move speaks more to the group’s quest for relevance than Becerra’s politics.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
20 June 2026
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Kimble pleaded guilty in 2019 to multiple federal offenses, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, healthcare fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, making false claims and offering kickbacks and bribes.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
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The family members either submitted to the indignities—the false testimony, the obscene bullet fees—or were asked for bribes as high as $7,000 to avoid consigning their relatives to mass graves.—
Laura Secor,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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Smaller batches typically mean more experimentation — the kind of one-off lagers, seasonal releases and limited tap-only pours that don’t make sense to package and ship across a wide distribution footprint.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
21 June 2026
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The cookies are made fresh daily in small batches with simple ingredients.—
Pamela Brown,
Hartford Courant,
19 June 2026
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
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All those servers need lots of water to feed the system that keeps them cool.—
David Wade,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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The current proposal, approved by the county’s Planning Commission, includes 10 lots ranging in size from about one-half acre to nearly two acres, according to a staff presentation.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
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This medium-sized, rounded tree is appreciated for its fragrant white flower clusters in mid-to-late spring and year-round features.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
21 June 2026
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The first chapter of the AI investment cycle — the infrastructure buildout of GPU clusters, data centers, and networking fabric that drove NVIDIA's stock up several hundred percent and established the semiconductor complex as one of the decade's defining trades — is not over.—
Jason Kirsch,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Black Rock Coalition bands like funk-metal group 24-7 Spyz and shoegaze oddballs the Veldt—particularly when the Veldt’s murkiness resolves into a major-key chorus.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
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These were both devastating blows since the public saw them each as the face and voice of the groups, even though there were other very talented singes and songwriters in the bands.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
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“Boodles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boodles. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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