as in bonds
to form a close personal relationship
after a week in the wilderness, the scouts were really starting to commune with nature
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Comedy is the throughline that bonds it all together.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026 -
Although her sons might not be interested in acting yet, there's another way Banks bonds with her kids.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Debel is one of 55 Lebanese towns and villages inside a swath of southern Lebanon currently occupied by Israeli forces.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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The preserve, jointly owned and managed by the Forest Preserve District of Will County and the villages of Park Forest and University Park, is looking for money to rebuild the bridge for at least one more decade of use and allow time for a more permanent solution.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Considered narrowly, statesmanship relates primarily to politics and government.—
John T. Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Antinous is the principal mortal antagonist in Homer’s Odyssey, which relates Odysseus’s difficulties while getting home and how Penelope and her son, Telemachus, struggled to maintain their authority on Ithaca.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Over the past few months, Amazon has been rapidly deploying its Prime delivery drones to cities across the US, from Arizona to Florida.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
16 Apr. 2026
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That is why the federal government and World Cup host cities are investing hundreds of millions in drone defenses ahead of those games.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Suddenly everything clicks into place.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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The latch clicks, the frame shifts — and suddenly a rush of cold air floods in.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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On April 26, 1986, an explosion at the nuclear power plant in Ukraine sent radiation across Europe and forced the evacuation of entire towns, displacing tens of thousands.—
Derek Gatopoulos,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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Bartolo was born and raised in the Arkansas River Valley, where water rights sell-offs to Front Range cities in the 1970s decimated farm fields and towns.—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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Quaint fishing villages made the Outer Banks an international tourist destination, and one of the most famous of these hamlets has unveiled a plan to defy North Carolina’s coastal redevelopment craze.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Outer Banks’ charming coastal hamlets could beckon.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Communes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communes. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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