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or aestivated
as in kicked back
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My mom kicked back in comfort with a good book.
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Wash the Floor the Right Way Porch floors collect fine dust that gets kicked back into the air every time someone walks across them.
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The five bears established dens, hibernated through the winter and emerged in the spring, the release said.
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The toothless man nodded, and the fat woman dozed.
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The couple dozed like babies in the leaves—that cry, that wail, had become their sleep trigger.
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The show’s characters idled away their time watching programs like Years of Our Days to Live.
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In fact, Airbus was collecting orders and making deliveries while Boeing idled due to the bans and delays imposed by the CAAC.
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Officer Rory lets Greg go, but the combination of the walk and thinking about his daughter’s predicament has bummed him out.
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Rittenhouse admits to initially being bummed out to not be the murderer, only to quickly come around to preferring this outcome.
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Further on, sandy-colored cows lazed in the mid-morning sun.
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Helicopters roar overhead, reminding me that last week people were worried the Oscars were going to get droned.
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Temperatures rose above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, air conditioners droned, and power cuts followed.
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Flight attendants turned into drill sergeants, barking at passengers who flouted mask rules or dawdled too long eating that snack with the mask off.
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Fava snuffled and dawdled and took her own sweet time up the sidewalk.
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“Estivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estivated. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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