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Recent Examples of castor
The slim wand grips even tiny lashes, coating them with nourishing ingredients like castor and sunflower seed oils, while adding length that doesn’t look over-the-top.
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Shalwah Evans, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2025
Most people who experience ricin poisoning ingest the castor beans.15
A Quick Review
Castor oil is an oil derived from the Ricinus communis plant.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 29 Oct. 2025
Most of the global production of castor seed is concentrated in India, where the crop thrives in semi-arid regions with minimal water, fertilizer, or pesticide inputs.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
The men’s look is a castor gray and sage camo baggy fleece set featuring utility details.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Shalwah Evans, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2025
Most people who experience ricin poisoning ingest the castor beans.15
A Quick Review
Castor oil is an oil derived from the Ricinus communis plant.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 29 Oct. 2025
Most of the global production of castor seed is concentrated in India, where the crop thrives in semi-arid regions with minimal water, fertilizer, or pesticide inputs.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
The men’s look is a castor gray and sage camo baggy fleece set featuring utility details.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for castor
Noun
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The shrimp is cooked with short ribs and a whole bunch of seasonings and a Scotch bonnet chile for a hint or heat.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
5 June 2026
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One of the girls has braids and was wearing a black coat and red shirt, another wore a pink bonnet and black shirt, and the third wore a white shirt.—
CBS Chicago Team,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Another promotional video for Rededicate 250 blends various Christian and American imagery — scenes of a cross laid on an American flag, a robed choir, people raising their hands in worship — along with a brief scene of a man praying while wearing a Jewish skullcap.—
Peter Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Shloime Rand, 34, was stabbed in the chest outside a synagogue, puncturing his lung, and Norman Shine, 76, who was wearing a traditional Jewish skullcap, was stabbed in the neck at a bus stop.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Work your way down the street, keeping an eye out for the cartoonish owl in a baseball cap in one yard, the skeleton riding a motorcycle in the next, the cow and a chicken caught mid-discussion atop a tractor in a third.—
Alissa Greenberg,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
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This guest masters high-low dressing with butter-yellow Adidas track pants, a light blue Adidas zip-up, kitten heels, an oversized clutch, and baseball cap for a coffee run that feels equal parts sporty and chic.—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
14 June 2026
Noun
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The officers cuffed the survivors with plastic restraints, placed hoods on their heads and demanded that no one speak, according to the fishermen.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Elsewhere in Times Square, officers moved in after a crowd began damaging a parked school bus, tearing off part of its hood, CNN’s Mark Morales reported.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Officers in riot helmets and gas masks formed a line at the front doors of the store, at one point appearing to fire tear gas to disperse the crowd.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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Your surprise appearance at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, without the helmet, set off a global buzz.—
Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
Noun
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One of the most popular traditional costumes was the bauta, which consisted of a full mask, a cape that covered the head and shoulders, and a tricorn or cocked hat.—
Elizabeth Djinis,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2024
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Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.—
William Finnegan,
The New Yorker,
15 May 2021
Noun
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now the first American Pope, is seen here receiving his biretta from Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sept. 30, 2023.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 May 2025
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Cardinals from Brunei and the Philippines could not travel and will receive their ring and biretta from a papal delegate.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
28 Nov. 2020
Noun
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Her signature pillbox hats, though, were all-American and came courtesy of Halston.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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My generation—which is to say, the pillbox generation—came of age during the 1990s.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
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“Castor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castor. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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