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Verb
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The purges drove an exodus of research talent, with figures like Einstein, Bethe, and Krebs emigrating to the UK and, mostly, the US.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As a result, work in the Texas House, including the passage of several bills unrelated to redistricting, ground to a halt and arrest warrants were issued for the renegade lawmakers, though these couldn't be enforced outside Texas.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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There was something renegade about it, something deeply irreverent.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Many users have nontraditional income, live in multigenerational households or face language barriers.—
Rathi Murthy,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Notably, the campaign made a more direct effort to court young voters on nontraditional media platforms.—
Elena Moore,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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In a 6-minute sneak peek from A Big Bold Beautiful Journey shared exclusively with PEOPLE, the pair are in adventure mode, journeying via a time-traveling doorway.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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The probes completed that portion of their respective journeys by 1989, after which NASA retooled their mission as an interstellar expedition – meaning one journeying beyond our solar system further into the Milky Way.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Uriah Heep In the Criterion Edition DVD commentary for This Is Spinal Tap, Shearer mentioned that the film’s keyboard player, John Sinclair, had recently returned from touring with Uriah Heep just as principal photography was set to begin.—
Alex Heigl,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
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Moreover, Chinese military officers have been touring the Russian front lines to study the war for themselves.—
Joseph Nepomuceno,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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The formula gets bonus points for not feeling sticky, not traveling or feathering, and smoothing out lip lines for a plump, pouty effect.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Recently, when her daughter was traveling to London for work, Graves still got up to see her off.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Defecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defecting. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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