as in seeming
to give the impression of being
she is an intelligent debater, but she can sometimes come off as arrogant
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The expansion of the NCAA Tournament is here despite the vast majority of those involved in college basketball not seeming to be sold on the move whatsoever.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026 -
Granted, this is the closest to the Force seeming real in the whole film, but a cynical Han Solo could just surmise that Motti was having a panic attack because a seven-foot-tall man in a scary mask is threatening him.—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
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The woman who died, Smith-Gray, was a high school senior looking forward to walking the stage at graduation, her family said on a fundraising page for her funeral expenses.—
Hannah Schoenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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If the Knicks are looking for a regular-season template that travels into Friday, that’s one of the best places to start.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
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Towns spoke openly about feeling lost in Brown’s system, and Brown called out Towns for poor effort.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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Each person will then be given a level of risk, and a corresponding action plan, which will include a daily temperature check for 42 days and a daily assessment for any signs of feeling sick.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Two murder-suicides in less than 24 hours Bexar County authorities are sounding the alarm on domestic violence concerns after police reported a second murder-suicide Wednesday afternoon on the Southwest Side.—
Annasofia Scheve,
San Antonio Express-News,
8 May 2026
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But many of the Wall Street decision makers who attended Semafor World Economy are sounding alarms.—
Rachel Keidan,
semafor.com,
7 May 2026
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“Coming off (as).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming%20off%20%28as%29. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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