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Adverb
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As Guthrie’s children desperately wait for the phone to ring, Savannah alluded to Psalm 23 in a video message to her mother.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026 -
His message is what the nation so desperately needs today.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Feb. 2026
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It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.—
Donald Moynihan,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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Let her courage linger while the sports calendar spins uncontrollably.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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All this happened before, with the aid of a boombox, Singh and the little girls taught me to crazily dance Punjabi-style in their welcoming home occupied by three generations.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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Granted, by the time the Jet Skis are swinging crazily in the air, Nathan has only been onboard for a few hours.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
7 Oct. 2025
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The note has taken center stage as authorities are still frantically trying to find Nancy Guthrie, 84, after her apparent abduction from her Tucson-area home.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, as influential tech journalist Casey Newton noted, TikTok’s algorithm seemed to fail immediately after the handover, leaving its largely Gen Z fanbase frantically seeking an alternative to the addictive feed.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Confusedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confusedly. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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