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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Sherpa fleece, shearling wool, Mackinaw Wool and Filson’s Tin Cloth—a cotton duck canvas that’s saturated with wax under high pressure and heat—are featured alongside Wrangler’s classic cotton slub denim in indigo and black.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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Then, sprinkle ½ cup of high-nitrogen fertilizer, like blood meal or soybean meal, across the top of each bale and water the bales deeply until they’re saturated and water runs through the base.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 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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Blue light targets acne-causing bacteria to help keep breakouts at bay, while red and near-infrared wavelengths penetrate deeper to stimulate collagen, improve circulation, and promote skin repair.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
1 Oct. 2025
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Once in the stomach, the larvae penetrate the intestinal wall and migrate to the skin.—
Michal Ruprecht,
NPR,
1 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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