as in grinds
to reduce to fine particles
bray the seeds using a mortar and pestle
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Decision speed grinds to a halt when every choice has to work its way through layers of process.
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Sorry for the rant, but this one really grinds my gears.
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Late that afternoon, Flint was sitting quietly against his tree and using a Primos can call to make bleats.
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Busting out a box of instruments that turned the room into a riot of noise, Sheeran then encourage each student to share their unique sound into the mic, from saxophone bleats to fart sounds.
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Teams go bonkers when the player pounds their school name on the bracket.
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Rain pounds down in a stinging curtain.
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Incense usually comes in either cone or stick form and is composed of fragrant material — usually resins, seeds, barks and flowers — that’s bound together using a combustible material.
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Caspar David Friedrich has sketchbooks of particular branches, twigs, barks of different trees.
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An Ice Shaver crushes ice into a snow-like texture for slushies, snow cones or cold drinks.
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Lady Gaga, crushes, Tom Cruise, and movie theaters — the through-line for this week is obsession.
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One minute later, cackles rippled through my eardrums at a higher decibel than before.
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As evening falls, the clink of pints and bursts of cackles spill from Pat Collins Pub—where locals swap stories to the rhythm of fiddle tunes beneath an Irish twilight.
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The race is won by the team that beats their handicap speed by the greatest margin.
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The infant’s heart beats into the night, like the thumping of a little giant, breaking rocks deep in the Mines of Moria.
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Those whispers turned into roars in the bottom of the fifth inning when PCA sent a screamer down the first-base line and cruised into second for a double.
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On Saturday, the roars and applause of Ballantyne Ridge staff, friends and family members filled Bojangles Coliseum as 279 students walked the stage as part of the high school’s first graduating class, adding to the 22 graduates who finished mid-year.
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“Brays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brays. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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