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Recent Examples of dufferFor the first third of the 20th century even duffers had caddies and at Pinehurst that meant a Black man or boy.—Craig Gill / Made By History, TIME, 13 June 2024 Unwinding with a cool glass of lemonade, the jointed old duffer in the lawn chair is simply propped in place.—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022 Erickson was her boat's duffer and responsible for the map, but had been too distracted socializing.—Madison Karas, Star Tribune, 30 June 2021 Certainly there is value in showing clips of Al Michaels’ golf swing, which made every duffer feel better about his/her swing, and in breaking down clips of Phil Mickelson tossing a football (quicker release than Trey Lance).—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for duffer
Each of these had a variable number of lithium atoms at each of the corners of these structures, and molecular simulations showed that lithium ions could readily move between these locations, allowing the material to shuffle ions around rapidly.
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ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
Until Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac officially adopt their own standards, specialty lenders like Milo act as a simulation for broader implementation.
The speculation about a potential Alien and Predator crossover comes from the trailer's reveal that Fanning's Thia is a synthetic, the Alien universe's term for its android characters.
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Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
The researchers decided to test 10 popular chewing gums—five natural and five synthetic—sold in the United States (the study doesn’t mention the brands).
There’s at least one major shoe that could drop — why devote an entire episode to the Gemstone origin story if that gold Bible isn’t going to pay off somehow? — but The Righteous Gemstones loves these grotesque, dysfunctional louts.
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Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
And when someone does cross the line, like the louts who doused cops in Harlem and Brownsville with water in 2019, most officers have shown remarkable restraint.
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Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2024
In 2021, while working for Big Blue Box, Larson was put on probation in Dakota County for check forgery and theft by swindle for defrauding a previous employer.
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Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
21 May 2025
Five other felony theft by swindle charges were dismissed at sentencing, which was attended by several of the school’s administrators and staff.
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