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Adjective
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She was born with a congenial heart defect that required her to have open-heart surgery in the first week of her life.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026 -
Don Bearden, who shows up later in the play as the now-elderly Pierre, is the perfect congenial host, sort of taking over for narrator Patrick.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Nuclear Regulation Authority said nuclear power plants and related facilities in the region were intact and no abnormalities were detected.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Nuclear Regulation Authority said nuclear power plants and related facilities in the region were all intact and no abnormalities were detected.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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The plot follows a protagonist who meets a kindred spirit and travels to the Daliang Mountains to heal old wounds and bring hope back to her hometown.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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For Sacramento residents who champion local restaurants, indie bookstores and weekend farmers markets, Portland, Oregon, feels like a kindred city.—
Lauren Schuster,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Ukraine’s battlefield experience, as a result, has become one of the most valuable resources in the world, with American and allied forces asking Ukrainian drone experts to share their knowledge.—
Aaron Brynildson,
The Conversation,
21 Apr. 2026
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Several tankers have been targeted in attacks carried out by Iranian forces and allied groups.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Apr. 2026
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The virtual influencer is not, strictly speaking, new.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Still, the Thunder are a virtual lock to advance in the betting odds.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Some of the helpers were non-kin, demonstrating cooperative social behavior that extends beyond family bonds.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Across the country, there is a shortage of non-kin foster homes which makes searching and supporting kin an even greater priority.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Within the first camp, which was preserved because the Romans built a road over it, archaeologists discovered two identical groups of rooms adjacent to a larger one that contained a hearth, according to a press release.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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In it, a thin wooden beam with two lead balls on its ends was suspended from a wire at its center and then a structure that had heavier lead balls and was otherwise identical was stacked on top of the first beam.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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In that same time, environmental enforcement actions have collapsed.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
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But bad actors have learned to weaponize that same amendment as a shield, flooding the information ecosystem with content designed to discreetly destabilize our communities.—
Julian Baron,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Connatural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connatural. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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