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Verb
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Technically, that wasn’t the very last image — the wormhole sucked up the whole theater, spit out a snow globe, and Benny, Colbert’s pet dog, sniffed the souvenir before being ushered onward by his owner — but when the lights went out on Broadway, that was that.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026 -
Between archival footage and photos of Lennon and Ono, there are dozens of jarring, ugly visuals, seemingly generated by entering Ono and Lennon’s dialogue into a machine that spits out bizarrely literal interpretations of text.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
22 May 2026
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The Beta Sigma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi has since been expelled from Southern University, per WAFB.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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Organizations that refused would be expelled.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Red twig dogwood likes consistently moist areas so it should be watered during dry spells.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
17 May 2026
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Eco effort An eco-tour showcasing the hotel's lush gardens (watered with gray water) and native plants is available to guests.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
Verb
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Nana and the boys were leaning against the railing as a fin whale exhaled.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
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Wall Street, for the first time since the war began, exhaled.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
Verb
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But Aaron Nesmith made six 6-pointers in the fourth before Haliburton’s long 2-pointer — which bounced high off the rim and fell through the net as time expired — forced overtime.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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Second-year guard Sarah Ashlee Barker scored the game-winner on a put-back right before time expired, and pandemonium ensued.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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“Expectorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expectorated. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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