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Noun
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To complete her dramatic look, Osaka’s hands were dipped in dripping red paint.—
Beatrice Dupuy,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026 -
The Lakers should put Marcus Smart in the corner as much as possible if Smart doesn’t have the ball in his hands; the difference between Smart as a corner 3-point shooter and Smart as a threat above-the-break is vast.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Durant bumped knees with a teammate during Wednesday’s practice in Houston and couldn’t move his knee well during pregame testing, Udoka said.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
18 Apr. 2026
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Lower both knees until the back knee is close to the floor.—
Jim Diehl CSCS,
Outside,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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At the building’s peak, five-foot-tall concrete letters spell out a hundred and three words of a speech delivered by Obama in Selma, Alabama, in 2015, on the fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when John Lewis and other civil-rights activists were beaten at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The defense said Allen's presence on suicide precautions limits his ability to mount a defense and deprives him of his due process rights.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
3 May 2026
Noun
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Miller wrote the play long before the rise of artificial intelligence sent shivers through the American workforce.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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And some shivers, because that title isn’t a misdirect.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Professional wrestling violence is normally scripted, meaning both parties agree to hit each other with punches, kicks, throws and even sometimes weapons to tell a violent story in the ring.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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The other guys are on their feet, trying to break it up, someone is calling someone else a loser, there are swings and kicks and insults, men grabbing at other men, trying to restrain them and busting the restraints.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Head to any tennis court to try to get some swings in and one’s sure to see plenty of people playing pickleball, a combination of badminton, ping pong and tennis that sees players swing small paddles on a short court.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Crunchers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crunchers. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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