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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chain reactions
Noun
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Despite that notable change, watching One Battle After Another is much like the experience of reading Pynchon, who lurches from high comedy to stomach-turning naturalism and punctuates plot-heavy sequences with little grace notes of character portraiture.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
24 Sep. 2025 -
In one of the film’s tautest sequences, they’re caught swimming in a neighbor’s pool by a caretaker (Damien Bonnard), and Sana must decide whether to pay off the man to keep his silence.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
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And Massie is nearing victory on a months-long quest to force a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files, antagonizing the White House.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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The congressman is leading an effort to force a House vote on releasing federal files related to Jeffrey Epstein.—
Hannah Pinski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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By reeling in or releasing strings, the system creates tension that the body interprets as weight, resistance, or acceleration.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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Many countries understand that a China-centric world would come with strings attached, and Beijing may be unable to resist escalating its numerous territorial disputes in Asia or flexing its coercive capabilities.—
JEFFREY PRESCOTT,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The chains are off, and we readers are reaping the benefits.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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Pribula’s efficiency was enough to keep the Tigers moving the chains down the field, but there wasn’t too much of a deep passing threat.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
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Europe is rich, yet no one can explain why German trains are not on time anymore, or why there is no way to avoid feces floating in Britain’s rivers.—
Renaud Foucart,
Time,
28 Sep. 2025
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Train Choo Choo Song My 4-year-old has extracted hours of entertainment from building trains from blocks and Legos, and then pushing and pulling them around our living room as the conductor.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
26 Sep. 2025
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Set mostly in high-society Dallas – at the nexus of oil money, politics, religion, and crime – solving his beloved brother’s murder will take Jordan back to the streets, back across the border, back to an old alter-ego everyone, including him, had thought had been dead and buried.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
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But the restaurant has been the nexus for violence in the town that brands itself as one of America's safest cities.—
Robert Anglen,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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The aim at Anfield was always success but small progressions would have been accepted, considering Liverpool had been only the fourth-best team in the Premier League under his predecessor Gerard Houllier.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The protection gave Mahomes ample time to work through his progressions regularly, resulting in at least one reception for nine different pass-catchers.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This wooden foot massager roller features an arched design and rows of nubs to hit different acupressure points to provide relief.—
L. Daniela Alvarez,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Sep. 2025
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Generally, budget carriers may install seats with a reduced pitch to fit more rows in, while full-service airlines may have fewer rows but more legroom.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Sep. 2025
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