Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defoliating
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Early Monday morning, a woman in the Old Mammoth area heard her dogs barking outside of her home and soon discovered a roughly 70-pound, 17-month-old black bear fighting a dog.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
10 June 2026 -
Fans and players on both sides started barking, resulting in a social media frenzy.—
Molly Keshin,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, a peacekeeping mission, said Thursday that a Serbian peacekeeper was killed and two others were wounded when shelling hit their base in the country's southeast the previous night.—
Sarah Lynch Baldwin,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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The weather and the moon also affect shelling.—
Gabi De la Rosa,
Southern Living,
17 May 2026
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Dwight grabbed my arm, wrenching my hand out of my pocket, flaying it like a fish, pulling me along.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
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Diehard Knicks fan and Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet went topless after the game after stripping off his jacket and shirt with his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, looking on.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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The two had met in March through a website used for escort and stripping services, according to a court affidavit, and investigators alleged Dale paid Rylaarsdam more than $11,000 during the course of several weeks to talk to him and perform acts of bondage at his home.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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In tight spaces where a straight driver can't complete a full rotation, that elbow geometry is the difference between finishing the job and abandoning it after hurting your wrist, skinning your knuckles, and questioning your life choices.—
Omar Kardoudi
March 05,
New Atlas,
5 Mar. 2026
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Then the athletes rip off the skins and ski a short downhill portion before returning to climbing, this time with a combination of skinning and bootpacking (dashing uphill in their ski boots, with skis secured to a backpack).—
The Sports Desk,
NBC news,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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McKinsey’s 2025 survey of nearly 2,000 organizations found that almost two-thirds have not begun scaling AI across the enterprise, with data quality as the primary blocker.—
Andy Kohm,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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McCauley brings more than two decades of experience scaling high-growth software companies.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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Travel has a way of exposing every flaw in your footwear.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
5 June 2026
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Removing the surrounding rock and exposing delicate anatomical details required years of careful work.—
Sanaa El-Sayed,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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These stories usually involve a woman shucking societal norms of being nice, pretty, and obedient.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Mike Dicus is an oyster expert; he's been shucking them for 35 years.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Defoliating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defoliating. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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