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
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
Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dusts
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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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To accomplish this, Barton turned to the fundamental dance technique of spotting, where the dancer finds a focal point in front of them and whips their head around to hold that focus spot and keep themself centered.—
Oliver Sava,
Vulture,
28 Aug. 2025
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Wind whips both the sound waves and temperatures around, so bring a blanket even if it’s not forecast to rain or hail.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
19 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps even worse is the horrifying relatability, as the bereaved father ignores the warnings and buries his dead child in an ancient burial ground.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Wednesday sets out to stop Isaac from doing the same to Pugsley, but in the process, Isaac captures Thing (Victor Dorobantu) — revealing that Thing was originally his hand, which Morticia had chopped off — and buries Wednesday alive.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Saginaw’s surge overcomes Boswell The Pioneers of Boswell dominated play in the opening half, building a 21-0 lead that looked rock solid behind a persistent defense and an offense balanced with good running and passing.—
Pat Wheeler,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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The technology overcomes the key trade-off between energy density and charging speed that limited previous lithium-metal battery designs.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Miz throws a fastball that averages 99 mph and a slider that sits at 94 mph.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Joe Burrow #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals throws a pass during the first quarter against the Cleveland Browns during the game at Huntington Bank Field on September 07, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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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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Babe’s brines and smokes Duroc ham and roasts the pork with Italian seasoning and onions.—
Carlos Frías,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 Aug. 2025
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Unfortunately, my partner smokes cigarettes at night.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
19 Aug. 2025
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Relatively snow-poor Zhejiang had nine indoor resorts in the latest year, tops among China’s provinces, followed by Hunan and Jiangsu.—
Russell Flannery,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Nvidia, which this summer became the first public company to hit $4 trillion in market value, tops TIME and Statista’s 2025 statistical ranking of the World’s Best Companies.—
Charlotte Hu,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Dusts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dusts. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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