as in to pass over
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Jupiter's moons are in a chain of orbital resonances that could only have formed by the moons tugging gently on each other in passing over a long period of time, and crater records also suggest that Jupiter's moons are very, very old.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
29 May 2026 -
The first phase of the program will distribute a maximum of 20,000 single-day passes over the course of the year.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2026
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That’s how Ciara found out that Amanda was spending so much time at West’s house while ignoring her calls.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Chow's son testified that the gun was pointed at him, and defense lawyer Shaun Kent said during his closing argument that Cyrus ignored Chow telling him to put it down.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Romano’s sturdy book may not stint on examples of Mary’s bad behavior—including a ferociously jealous verbal assault, near the end of the war, on the wife of a prominent Union general—but the biographer keeps tilting against those who slighted Mary in even the most superficial ways.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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He’s further slighted after the Emperor commissions him to remake one of his old operas so audiences might remember the country’s past successes.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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The last image of the Buffalo Sabres’ season was one Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen will spend his summer trying to forget.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Name five albums, and one of them can't be the Black Album, which is actually called Metallica; people forget that.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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The indictment also accused Comey of disregarding a substantial risk that his post would be viewed as threatening violence.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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Alabama in 2017 ended the practice of judicial override and no longer allows a judge to disregard a jury’s sentencing decision in death penalty cases.—
Kim Chandler,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Its waters have long sustained hundreds of thousands of people in one of the most isolated and neglected parts of the country.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
1 June 2026
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Changing your air filter is one of those out-of-sight, out-of-mind household chores that’s often neglected.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
31 May 2026
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“Default (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/default%20%28on%29. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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