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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Contrarily, Seehorn is invariably generous toward her fans, her collaborators from the bottom up and the work that bonds them all.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025 -
Half-brothers Wirt and Greg certainly have their disagreements during their journey through the Unknown, but what bonds them in the end, like Lucy carrying her tired little brother Linus home to bed in Great Pumpkin, is fathomless love.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For years, younger generations have flocked to big cities for better job opportunities, leaving a dwindling elderly population in rural villages.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Images of public health workers on river boats and army helicopters full of nurses descending on indigenous villages were often used in official propaganda to promote the nation’s prowess as a global leader on immunization.—
Adriana Brasileiro,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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As Stephen Greenblatt relates thrillingly in his new biography, Dark Renaissance, Marlowe led a brief and stormy life that deeply transformed the theater.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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The mandate relates just to the Sounders and does not include the Seattle Reign, the NWSL team that the Sounders bought last year in a $58 million deal.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Other Indian cities with GCCs are seeing similar trends.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Based in Guangzhou, the self-driving vehicle company operates in several major Chinese cities, as well as markets outside of China.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Such algorithms might, for example, maximize the number of times that someone clicks on an ad.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Either way, something clicks, revealing what you’re truly meant to pursue.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But that election didn’t include towns or school board.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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Unlike most towns Upstate, Saratoga Springs has an extensive network of bus routes via the Capital District Transportation Authority, that can get you all around town.—
Cat Sposato,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In the meantime, the school is sending teachers to give lessons in smaller underground spaces in the hamlets.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
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Yet Massie’s partnership with Paul could pay off anyway, in a district that hugs the Ohio River and includes the Cincinnati suburbs and tiny hamlets like Mount Olivet.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Communes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communes. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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