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as in to arrive
to get to a destination
when do you think they'll come?
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as in to happen
to take place
whatever may come we'll always be together
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5
as in to do
to move forward along a course
how is the remodeling job coming?
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Now, both approaching 100 years old, Roth and Moran met to share their stories with the USC Shoah Foundation, which maintains the largest audiovisual archive of Holocaust survivor and witness testimonies.—
Tom Dreisbach,
NPR,
30 June 2025 -
Macfarlane approaches the question by contrasting rivers’ legal rights with those enjoyed by corporations—often quite close to those afforded to persons—which dam, drill, and divert rivers in damaging ways.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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The suspects fled the area before the officers arrived.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2025
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Blue Origin shared a snippet of video last week on social media showing the mid-section of the MK1 lander arriving at the company's assembly facilities in Rocket Park, Florida.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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Who would have thought that robots could become the unsung heroes of heritage?—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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Waves also impact life on land, tossing sediment onto shore that eventually becomes beaches and dunes where shorebirds and other wildlife find refuge.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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The compression of the NBA Finals, draft and free agency cycles into a two-week sip from the firehose unfortunately necessitates that moves like this happen now.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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Fremont recorded five homicides last year, including two that happened on the same day in July.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
22 June 2025
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While the audience members could still speak on the item about to be deferred, Rodriguez said, doing so would mean the public wouldn’t have the chance to address commissioners if the item ever came up for an actual vote at a future meeting.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
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The way to do it is with judicious use of strong contrast colours, and that’s exactly what Nike has done here, with those pinks, blues and reds underneath the armpits and down the side of the shorts.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
Verb
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To keep adult carpet beetles from entering your home altogether, consider keeping doors and windows closed, or investing in screen covers.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
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Learn the telltale signs iron is entering your water from your main supply, old pipes, or a well.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 June 2025
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At a meeting Tuesday morning, Collier County commissioners appeared to have been caught off guard by the state’s plans for the Everglades airfield.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 June 2025
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Video recreations like Cameron's appear across popular platforms such as TikTok and Instagram.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
24 June 2025
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As New York closed in on Tuesday's vote, more investors got nervous as the polls showed Mamdani was leading.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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Daniels gets his guy Aiyuk, who's the younger, and potentially better receiver.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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