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domino

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Recent Examples of domino So moving on from Williams and Moon tipped over the first domino, which led to 40 percent of Cleveland’s current starting lineup. — Shakeia Taylor, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Again, the mysterious stranger appears, offering a way out and establishing the domino-effect pattern by which every person saved from some grim fate demands that another be thrust into misery, or worse. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 The defensive line is going to be under a microscope, and such is the first domino to fall. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2026 Place the 2/1 domino next to that from Blue 6 into Purple = and the 6/3 domino below that, from Purple 12 down into Blue =. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for domino

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Police fired tear gas and water cannons to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks, paving stones and other objects at officers in the Place de la République, northeast of the Paris city center.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
In the southern port city of Marseille, some protesters briefly forced their way into the lobby of City Hall and a group of people wearing hoods and masks damaged a police station.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of mask

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From roughly October through March, higher concentrations of plankton can attract larger groups of mantas but make the water cloudier.

— Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
The water was sparkly and glittery thanks to the bright sunrays shining through, and one manta even flipped out of the ocean right in front of me.

— Annie Daly, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of manta

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How to identify deadly mushrooms One of the most noticeable features of any mushroom in the Amanita genus is the universal veil, a membranous tissue from which the fungi emerge.

— Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2026
Tina took the witness stand wearing a veil and black glasses to hide her injuries.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of veil

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For example, the adoption of a marmoset by a capuchin monkey.

— Cyril Grueter, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2026
The connection to nature at Vista Celestial is truly profound, with wildlife waiting for you at the door—I'm not kidding, at one point, a capuchin monkey walked onto our patio to say hello.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 8 June 2026

Definition of capuchin

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The glasses, which are priced at about $1,300, aren’t anything like the Quest VR headsets Meta has been selling for years, which weigh about 18 ounces and look like a visor or helmet rather than glasses.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Following the win, Smart bolted straight for the visitors section, slinging his visor around in the air while the Georgia fans and Kirby's wife waited to embrace his family.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of visor

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The palatine tonsils are the ones seen at the back of the throat.

— Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
During the Thirty Years’ War, military enterprisers included such figures as Ernst von Mansfeld, who raised an army for the elector palatine, and Albrecht von Wallenstein, who offered his services to Ferdinand II, the Holy Roman emperor.

— Allison Stanger, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015

Definition of palatine

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American soldiers gather at a border monitoring post in Roma, Texas, where an infantry vehicle with camouflage netting sits between houses.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Under-eye correctors (aka concealers with a peachy or orange hue) effectively neutralize and camouflage blue undertones that often show through the thin skin area.

— Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of camouflage

Noun

For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.

— Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2020
On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.

— Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015

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