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
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.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dusts
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Ukraine bombs Russian energy infrastructure to defend civilians and destroy the Kremlin war machine.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Oct. 2025
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Remind them their worth is non-negotiable When your child fails — gets cut from the team, bombs a test — remind them their value isn't up for debate.—
Jennifer Breheny Wallace,
CNBC,
21 Aug. 2025
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Or whips around his defender in a bold pirouette.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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Marty whips off his sport coat and throws it in the crowd.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Dec. 2025
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Stirring it with instant espresso powder noticeably decreases the effervescence, before the dense richness of the heavy cream all but buries it.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Dec. 2025
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Clark rises, buries a deep, game-winning 3, and looks straight into the camera.—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
25 Dec. 2025
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But even here, her sincerity overcomes her weakness for sentimental flourishes, including Amine Bouhafa’s treacly score.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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The research team at Tokyo Polytechnic University has now demonstrated a simple and affordable VLC system that overcomes several of these obstacles.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Jan. 2026
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Texas Rangers pitcher Tyler Mahle throws to the Los Angeles Angels in the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, Arlington, Texas.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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In response, an employee throws what appeared to be a burger box at a man in a white T-shirt who appears to be accompanying the woman.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
2 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Dmitri Pavlichin,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Aug. 2018
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Or, imagine that Uruguay upsets Spain in Group H.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Prevent upsets to your meal (and upsets to your hungry guests) by making every spice, seasoning, and ingredient easy to find.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
17 Dec. 2025
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Dillane, clothed in an Adidas track suit, smokes a cigarette.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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If tequila is your best friend, mezcal is your best friend’s dangerous cousin, the one who rides a motorcycle and smokes cigarettes.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Dusts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dusts. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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