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Recent Examples of curdle
This is going to curdle the dynamics for the rest of the season.
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 July 2025
But a major investment in free-agent starter Corbin Burnes has already curdled, and general manager Mike Hazen could recoup a good bit of talent in a seller’s market this month.
—The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 8 July 2025
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
Wife guy, always a little mocking, curdled into the plainly pejorative.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 July 2025
But a major investment in free-agent starter Corbin Burnes has already curdled, and general manager Mike Hazen could recoup a good bit of talent in a seller’s market this month.
—The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 8 July 2025
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
Wife guy, always a little mocking, curdled into the plainly pejorative.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curdle
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Their desire, soured, turns into rage; the women in my family wear their resentments like bracelets.—
Eliana Ramage
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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And maybe that soured Stoops a bit.—
Chase Goodbread,
The Tennessean,
29 Aug. 2025
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Drummer Joyce has been estranged from Morrissey and Marr following a 1996 lawsuit over the Smiths royalties that was contentious.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
6 Sep. 2025
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Donna Adelson’s eldest son, Rob Adelson, testified that he’s been estranged from his mother since 2016, around the time law enforcement arrested the gunmen who killed Markel.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
30 Aug. 2025
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The theory suggests the continuous collision of the Indian and Asian plates caused their crusts to thicken, reaching depths of 70–80 kilometers.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for about 15 minutes, or until thickened adjusting the heat the last 5 minutes if needed to bring up the heat to aid the thickening process.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
3 Sep. 2025
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Studies have shown that both erythritol and xylitol may cause blood platelets to more easily clump — creating clots that can break off and travel to the heart, triggering a heart attack, or to the brain, damaging blood vessels or triggering a stroke.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Thioesters and early chemistry Earlier efforts to attach amino acids to RNA had relied on highly reactive compounds that quickly degraded in water and caused amino acids to clump together rather than bind to RNA.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Curdle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curdle. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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