curd

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Verb
  • This seeming paradise of capitalism soon curdles into a prison that strips the survivors of their humanity, yet at the same time Romero never forgets the humanity that the mass of zombies once had.
    James Grebey, Time, 20 June 2025
  • There’s something striking about how Black Mirror, which primarily fixates on near-futuristic tech conceits as a lens through which to unpack human anxieties, has effectively spanned the length of our collective curdling relationship with technology.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Environmental Benefits of Increasing Oysters in U.S. Waters Found in salty or coastal waters, oysters clump together to live in shells, along piers and on top of rocks.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Blood clots are clumped together by thread-like proteins called fibrin.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • The issue came up for Senate Republicans at a conference-wide meeting Wednesday, where some were itching to lower the cap but wary of gumming things up for Johnson.
    Al Weaver, The Hill, 4 June 2025
  • The Senate should give the bill a substantial rewrite and Democrats should use all procedural tools in their arsenal to gum it up while explaining its shortcomings to the public.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
Verb
  • The death of the 32-year-old has shuttered the federal criminal prosecution and thickens the cloud of mystery surrounding the May 17 bombing attack at the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California.
    Scott MacFarlane July 6, CBS News, 6 July 2025
  • Vanilla bean paste contains the seeds of the vanilla pod mixed with sugar, extract, and thickening agents.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • Hair brushes and makeup brushes alike can become caked with greasy debris.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 23 June 2025
  • One first-class car is still intact, its plush leather seats and wood paneling caked with dust.
    Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
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“Curd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curd. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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