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embanked

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past tense of embank

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That broader attention makes precise terminology useful when different medications are grouped under the GLP-1 label.

— Emma Clapp, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Although System of a Down is often grouped with the nu metal bands that dominated heavy music at the time, including Korn and Limp Bizkit, Malakian never saw the band as fitting neatly into any genre.

— Alex Distefano, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

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Only the dark bodies of container ships, crowned with blinking lights, massed along the sea’s horizon, as solid as a wall.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
The compact form of ‘Kaleidoscope’ Abelia is well suited to patio containers and looks fabulous massed as a tall groundcover or natural hedge.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026

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Variety’s Clayton Davis was one of the first pundits to highlight this possibility, and as YCSE has steadily amassed buzz, others are jumping aboard.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
The actress was filming in New York City on Wednesday in a pair of pumps from the celebrity-favorite footwear brand Jude, which has amassed quite the following since its 2024 launch.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

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Instead, Hurley created and collected bespoke sounds, often using her body as an instrument, then rearranged and remixed them to fit each section of the film.

— Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
The Vatican said the cancer diagnosis was confirmed through an examination of tissue collected during surgery, consistent with findings from tests conducted before the procedure.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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Their ordinary matter — their gas and dust — swirled about and got clumped up.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
This explains why the isotopes are so well mixed rather than clumped, and also tells us that Bennu's parent probably formed not long after Jupiter did.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of clumped

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Along the way, there are a smattering of sea days, typically bunched together in two- or three-day chunks.

— Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026
He's shifted the entire orchestra closer to the front of the stage at David Geffen Hall and had their seats bunched closer together.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

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