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
Snow sometimes dusts the surrounding slopes, melting by afternoon into damp earth as manzanita and mountain lilac begin to flower.
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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.
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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.
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Emilee Coblentz,
Outside,
13 Dec. 2025
Winter is also a wonderful surprise, when soft snow blankets valley trails and dusts the mountaintops.
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Lisa Kadane,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
Snow paints the eaves over us and dusts the clapboard under the window.
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Cynthia Zarin,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Trails remain accessible, wildlife is still active and early snow dusts the surrounding Chugach Mountains.
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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.
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Abigail Wise,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Oct. 2024
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
Winter is also a wonderful surprise, when soft snow blankets valley trails and dusts the mountaintops.
—
Lisa Kadane,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 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
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The campus is eerily silent, even as Israel attacks Lebanon and the United States bombs Iran.
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The United States bombs Iran's nuclear facilities days later.
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The vessel bends, blocks, and whips the wind into complex micro-currents before the air ever hits the sails.
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In the fourth minute, Meschack Elia whips a ball across the box to Bakambu, eight yards from goal.
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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.
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But New England’s trade effectively grants Brown the proverbial Change Of Scenery that buries the receiver’s unsaid motivations.
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These families show that love overcomes differences.
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As the realization that nothing—or no one—will be enough overcomes the final bridge, a flurry of drums gallop in and the track explodes into fireworks as Rodrigo screams her guts out.
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Loro Piana throws a good party.
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There was an emphasis on Willis making pocket throws during the offseason program, too.
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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.
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House of the Dragon’s season-three premiere upsets the conventional wisdom.
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According to Harvard Health, travel disrupts the body’s natural rhythms — time changes, altered eating schedules, poor sleep — which upsets digestion, especially in people with already-sensitive guts.
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Three of the 10 winners are puros—smokes whose binder, wrapper, and filler are grown in a single country—and each of them offers a focused creative statement, rather than complexity for complexity’s sake.
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Gas stoves are particularly bad offenders, but even electric stoves release particles into the air when food sizzles, sears, or smokes.
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