as in to weed (out)
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stave off
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Knight, the face of women’s hockey (and new fiancée of fellow Olympian Brittany Bowe), helped Team USA stave off an upset in the gold-medal game, scoring the tying goal with mere minutes left in regulation.—
Garrett Chorpenning,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026 -
For Van Der Beek, traditional treatment proved no more effective at staving off the inevitable than the alternatives.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Comb (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comb%20%28out%29. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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