as in to pass (into)
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Try adding a spoon of Lion’s Brain Honey ― golden honey infused with lion’s mane mushrooms ― to your next cup of joe.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025 -
The effect is to infuse the story with an undeniable and knowing nostalgia; how quaint, at Alma’s party, to find everyone debating matters of representational consequence.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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Provide enough water to keep the surface moist, but not saturated.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 2025
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The picture looks rich and detailed, and colors are saturated in both dark and light scenes.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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Savannah, Georgia, is a city steeped with history and charm.—
Elliott Harrell,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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This version is great for three weeks in the fridge after steeping for two days.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
29 Sep. 2025
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The action is largely desynchronized, the activities onscreen contrasting with the voice-over narrations, with the effect of destabilizing the present tense of the movie, imbuing it with nostalgia and with longing for possible futures.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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The tobacco is imbued with prayer and its smoke takes that prayer to Creator.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Submerge the clothing and soak for up to six hours or the length of time recommended on the label.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
6 Oct. 2025
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An Albany woman was recently sent to federal prison for soaking legal papers with a synthetic cannabinoid and mailing them into New York’s prisons.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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With his second swing adapting Pynchon, the writer-director managed to take many of the aforementioned ideas and themes that permeate the author’s oeuvre and transplant them into struggles unfolding in a version of our present day.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
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And that kind of knowledge, which gets passed down and permeates down through the generations, would be very difficult to replicate quickly.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The pathos of being a veep pervades Kamala Harris’s campaign memoir 107 Days.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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Until very recently, people who have been pregnant or given birth kept the experience to themselves; a sense of secrecy or even shame pervaded the realities of welcoming a child.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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Two stab wounds penetrated to a depth of about 20cm [nearly 8 inches].—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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What starts as a plush gel, lathers into a rich foam that penetrates deep to remove all traces of residue.—
Beatrice Zocchi,
Vogue,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Fill (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fill%20%28up%29. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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