dusts

verb

present tense third-person singular of dust
as in bombs
to defeat by a large margin the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans

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Recent Examples of dusts Winter is also a wonderful surprise, when soft snow blankets valley trails and dusts the mountaintops. — Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026 Snow sometimes dusts the surrounding slopes, melting by afternoon into damp earth as manzanita and mountain lilac begin to flower. — Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026 To demonstrate, Ejae smiles to form creases below her eyes, then dusts some brown powder onto the area. — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026 Light snow dusts the canyon’s upper rims, crowds thin, the air turns crisp, and one of the most magical Christmas experiences in the country appears. — Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 13 Dec. 2025 Snow paints the eaves over us and dusts the clapboard under the window. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 Trails remain accessible, wildlife is still active and early snow dusts the surrounding Chugach Mountains. — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Each winter, once the autumn leaves blow away and the first snow dusts the landscape, people travel from all across the Northeast (and the country) to soak up the area’s wintry charms and book a stay at one of their many ski resorts. — Abigail Wise, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dusts
  1. bombs
  2. whips
  3. buries
  4. overcomes
  5. throws
  6. pastes
  7. upsets
  8. smokes
Verb
  • The campus is eerily silent, even as Israel attacks Lebanon and the United States bombs Iran.
    — Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • The United States bombs Iran's nuclear facilities days later.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
Definition of bombs
Verb
  • Instead of floating crosses in, Saka either whips his deliveries low near the six-yard box or works a slightly more central position to cut the ball back with a firmer connection.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • The vessel bends, blocks, and whips the wind into complex micro-currents before the air ever hits the sails.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
Definition of whips
Verb
  • The algorithm buries it because the pattern is easy to detect.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Hollis buries herself in work in an attempt to escape her complicated grief, while aspiring filmmaker Caroline copes by making snarky remarks and bristling at her mom's efforts to connect.
    — Clarissa Cruz, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
Definition of buries
Verb
  • David overcomes Goliath while Odysseus defeats the cyclops Polyphemus.
    — Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Mikel Oyarzabal has four goals, so could yet challenge if Spain overcomes France in the semifinals.
    — James Robson, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Definition of overcomes
Verb
  • But the reality is, these sorts of bipartisan commissions only work when a president throws his full weight behind them and Congress really wants to fix a problem, rather than find an excuse to continue to do nothing.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • The viral video of the incident shows the Mercedes being hit with a skateboard a couple of times before the skater throws his preferred method of transportation at the vehicle.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026
Definition of throws
Verb
  • The sequencer pastes together the strings and the quality scores, along with some other metadata, read by read, to form what is called a FASTQ file.
    — Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
Definition of pastes
Verb
  • Don’t be home to have to listen to any of the buzz that upsets you.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Paraguay upsets Germany in sudden-death penalty kicks Gustavo Gómez of Paraguay celebrates after José Canale converts the winning penalty in a penalty shootout against Germany on Monday.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 30 June 2026
Definition of upsets
Verb
  • That being said, the GS5 absolutely smokes the Harman Kardon speakers in my laptop.
    — Joe Salas July 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
  • The chain also smokes turkey, pork and sausages on its pits, which run 24 hours a day.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of smokes

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