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also clapt (together or up)
as in devised
to perform, make, or do without preparation
we can clap together a repair on the tire that should last until we get home
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Security firm Varonis devised an exploit chain that was able to catapult over these guardrails.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
16 June 2026 -
The researchers were Stanford psychologists carrying out an experiment on impulse control devised by Walter Mischel.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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Investigators believed Simko met one of the suspects at a cannabis festival in Ann Arbor, where the suspects reportedly concocted a plan to set up a fake business deal and steal what officials said was upwards of 50 pounds of marijuana.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Blanche, his former personal lawyer, concocted it in staggering disregard of legal ethics.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 June 2026
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Professional sports are better equipped to withstand a culture increasingly saturated by gambling because the rules are bargained, not improvised.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
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The show, partly scripted and partly improvised, relies heavily on audience participation and a willingness to be vulnerable.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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The shocking story of how Parker faked a pregnancy — and ultimately killed expectant mother Reagan Simmons Hancock, 21, in an attempt to steal her unborn baby — is the focus of the Netflix documentary, Maternal Instinct.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
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The new Netflix documentary Maternal Instinct details the chilling 2020 murder of Reagan Simmons-Hancock at the hands of Taylor Parker, who faked a pregnancy for 10 months before attempting to steal Simmons-Hancock’s unborn child.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
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“Clapped (together or up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clapped%20%28together%20or%20up%29. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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