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something that happens
I'm trying to forget the whole embarrassing episode
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Recent Examples of episodes
New episodes will roll out through to the finale.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
New episodes will be released weekly through the finale on May 28.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
Across six episodes that follow the pair from adolescence through Niall’s college years to adulthood, the duo boomerang in and out of each other’s lives, making decisions that irrevocably alter their paths and their perceptions of one another.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
However, the far smaller Jewish community is proportionately much more impacted –- with 2,873 incidents, the Jewish community experienced more than eight times as many episodes per capita.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
The 58-year-old actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje had never worn a cowboy hat, ridden a horse, or seen more than a couple episodes of Euphoria before being offered the part of cowboy crime lord Alamo Brown.
—Molly Lambert, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
The episodes spurred even several prominent conservative commentators to make the same argument Pritzker pushed months ago — that the 79-year-old president is unable to serve.
—Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Prime Video will drop the first four episodes on June 3, with the remaining half of the season being released in two-episode batches on June 10 and June 17.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
The 55-year-old returned to filming in January, is now on blood thinners and physical therapy, and has new episodes hitting Lifetime next week.
—Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
New episodes will be released weekly through the finale on May 28.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
Across six episodes that follow the pair from adolescence through Niall’s college years to adulthood, the duo boomerang in and out of each other’s lives, making decisions that irrevocably alter their paths and their perceptions of one another.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
However, the far smaller Jewish community is proportionately much more impacted –- with 2,873 incidents, the Jewish community experienced more than eight times as many episodes per capita.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
The 58-year-old actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje had never worn a cowboy hat, ridden a horse, or seen more than a couple episodes of Euphoria before being offered the part of cowboy crime lord Alamo Brown.
—Molly Lambert, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
The episodes spurred even several prominent conservative commentators to make the same argument Pritzker pushed months ago — that the 79-year-old president is unable to serve.
—Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Prime Video will drop the first four episodes on June 3, with the remaining half of the season being released in two-episode batches on June 10 and June 17.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
The 55-year-old returned to filming in January, is now on blood thinners and physical therapy, and has new episodes hitting Lifetime next week.
—Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for episodes
Noun
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The hospitality union represents roughly 2,000 workers at the arena, potentially disrupting one of the biggest sporting events in the world.—
Luzdelia Caballero,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Season 3 transports us five years after the events of the second season, to a new stage in our protagonists’ lives.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Confirm timing, assign ownership, and keep things clear.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2026
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But things got wild when the robot started break dancing and bashing itself into a million robotic pieces.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In one of the incidents, the suspects displayed a black handgun, police said.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Months after federal immigration agents shot and killed two people and wounded a third in separate incidents during the ICE surge in Minneapolis, the status of the federal investigations into the three shootings remains an open question.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The more concrete circumstances were no less auspicious.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Under marginally different circumstances, in a world where Spurs won, the job might be done.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Some call El Niños that pass this threshold of warming super El Niños — relatively rare occurrences that are more likely to generate wide-ranging effects.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps there would be a drastic redirection in these occurrences if the lawsuit money came from the NYPD pension fund instead of from the public.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Episodes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episodes. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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