eighty-six

variants or 86

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Verb
  • The life of a child in the mother’s womb, as well as the lives of the elderly and the sick, who in more and more countries are looked upon as people to be discarded.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The life of a child in the mother's womb, as well as the lives of the elderly and the sick, who in more and more countries are looked upon as people to be discarded.
    NPR Staff, NPR, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For instance, one study found that after losing a spouse, people tended to neglect their health—eating less nutritiously, skipping meals, drinking more alcohol, moving less, and sleeping less.
    Kathleen Ferraro, SELF, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Here are three ways to lead with AI without losing yourself in the process.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Trump says Iran must ditch ‘concept of a nuclear weapon’ President Donald Trump on Monday once again reiterated that Iran must abandon any hope of obtaining a nuclear weapon as the U.S. prepares for more talks in less than a week.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Trump should ditch the tariffs, do some damage control with allies and reassert America as the center of global free trade.
    Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In January, the company scrapped a rights issue of shares, opting to borrow 450 billion won from Ryu to reduce its debt burden, which had ballooned to 1.5 times equity.
    Gloria Haraito, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Pfizer scrapped a different once-daily obesity pill back in June 2023 after patients who took that drug had higher liver enzyme levels in a mid-stage trial.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Myers' wife found him in the couple's Calhoun County shed, which had been the backdrop to their wedding 15 months earlier.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Beginning the song at the piano, Boone shed his fur and flipped off the piano as May emerged behind him at the top of the stage for the song’s famed guitar solo.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Ukraine talks downgraded: Rubio cancels London trip The U.S. plan, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has publicly rejected, also appears to block Ukraine's ambition to join the NATO military alliance.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Hours before the scheduled execution on Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a final appeal by Mendoza's attorneys to stop the execution.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Eighty-six.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eighty-six. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

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