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Recent Examples of feeler
Just 13, de la Torre attracted a feeler from the professional English club Fulham via an email to his father.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
Super specific, super thorough, and likely to lead a reader/watcher/feeler on a lily-pad-hopping-quest to the next cool thing.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Bloomberg was first to report the feelers from Legendary.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 July 2025
Putnam sent out feelers to find candidates for such a heroine, who merely had to be the first female Atlantic passenger to get famous.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 25 May 2025
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
Super specific, super thorough, and likely to lead a reader/watcher/feeler on a lily-pad-hopping-quest to the next cool thing.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Bloomberg was first to report the feelers from Legendary.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 July 2025
Putnam sent out feelers to find candidates for such a heroine, who merely had to be the first female Atlantic passenger to get famous.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feeler
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The Pentagon, already drastically short on munitions after its forays in Iran, wants to apply the latest AI capabilities to its wartime efforts, and Hegseth demands that Anthropic allow the Pentagon unrestricted access to Claude, reigniting the dispute first set in motion earlier this year.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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The projections on the uneven surfaces make the images feel like raw pigment, almost like cave paintings in motion.—
Eana Kim,
ARTnews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Given the reputations universities have, search queries then flow to the top of Google’s results.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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When contacted for comment, a representative for Brasfield and Gorrie directed Fox News Digital's queries to the Georgia Attorney General's office.—
Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Democrats sent over a counteroffer Wednesday morning that included ICE guardrails, which was also shot down by Republicans.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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That counteroffer would give Tehran sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, the vital oil shipping route that has been effectively closed since the fighting began nearly four weeks ago, leading to supply concerns that are most acute in the Asia-Pacific region.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
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The court rejected the argument, concluding that a prospective rate hearing — unlike that on the response time — would be considered contested and the utility would have the opportunity to challenge the finding of imprudence then.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
29 Apr. 2026
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After Talley’s initial court hearing Monday, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 President John Catanzara and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza were among several officials who harshly criticized the passage of the SAFE-T Act and Lyke’s decision to grant Talley pretrial release.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Late last year, Warner rebuffed Paramount’s overtures to instead strike a $72 billion studio and streaming deal with Netflix.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Late last year, Warner rebuffed Paramount’s overtures to instead strike a $72 billion studio and streaming deal with Netflix.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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The agency did not directly address whether the transition could affect service continuity, instead directing questions about services to the county, which will take over many programs.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The most prominent question is his slight 6-foot, 181-pound frame.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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For years the owner, now 66, has watched tape, done his own player evaluations and sent observations and suggestions to DeCosta, mostly about players who might be available in later rounds — without exerting any actual decision-making power.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The report actually describes something that sounds like Google’s Magic Cue, which relies on Gemini to offer suggestions based on your activity.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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In Suarez’s case, he was accused of crossing the walkway after chalking the soles of his shoes, which Worrell said left no footprints attributable to him while the trooper who arrested him did not fill out a questionnaire seeking more information about the arrest.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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Information on reserves and insurance from these reviews as well as other matters will need to be submitted for every purchase involving a traditional mortgage, so the lender questionnaires will continue for associations.—
Michael L. Hyman,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Feeler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeler. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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