as in drooled
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm
pundits who should have known better effused endlessly about this idealistic but naive senator
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Keong says these pillow protectors slide easily over her puffiest pillows, wash up well at the laundromat, and help prevent her new pillows from getting too drooled-on to be presentable for overnight guests.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
23 Sep. 2025
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Friends had raved about Costa Rica for years, citing its beauty and abundant wildlife with sustained awe.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Mar. 2026
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Coaches praise each other Hoiberg raved about the job McCollum has done in his first season at Iowa and throughout his career.—
Kristie Rieken,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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But the quakes migrated away from Bárðarbunga, and lava eventually gushed out of several fissures in the realm of another volcano, Askja, at a site named Holuhraun, 45 kilometers away.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Crude oil, natural gas and fracking water gushed out of the well April 6-10 in 2025 near Galeton in Weld County.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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But that's changed as investors become more enthused about Amazon's custom chips, which have helped improve sentiment around the stock.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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This was shaping up as a two-offensive-lineman draft, but The Post wasn’t enthused by the available options at this slot.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026
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Transcendentalist writers, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, rhapsodized over nature representing the divine spirt of God.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
22 Nov. 2025
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“Effused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effused. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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