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as in losing it
to yield to mental or emotional stress
a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own
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as in having a fit
to become very angry
when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out
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What beef tallow is and how it’s made Beef tallow is a white, shelf-stable cooking fat made by rendering — or melting down — the fatty tissue that surrounds a cow’s organs, according to Michelle Crouch at AARP.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026 -
Practice non-reaction This can feel counterintuitive, but sometimes the best strategy is to take a pause and not immediately react or intervene when your child is melting down.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
3 Apr. 2026
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Calm, easy to pilot, and both predictable and correctable on track, the F80 transforms into a snarling monster on the road.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
17 June 2026
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Iran closed it, snarling global energy-supply chains, to gain exactly the leverage now being employed at the negotiating table.—
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
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Plastic trays are the least expensive but are also prone to cracking and absorbing odors.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
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Work is continuing to try to stabilize the Pacifica Municipal Pier, which began cracking at its base on June 4 and is now in danger of breaking off and falling into the water.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Ripley was honored for a heroic effort to halt the advance of North Vietnamese forces by blowing up a crucial bridge in 1972.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
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Navarrette is blowing up right now.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
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He was also cuffed inside his Bronx home in 2024 after punching a family member in the face and choking them.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
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Those sharp fragments can cause choking, become lodged in the digestive tract, or even puncture the stomach or intestines.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
15 June 2026
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The university, its athletic department and anyone associated with it haven't done the Red Raiders and their quarterback any favors, either, with people like head coach Joey Maguire and billionaire booster Cody Campbell sounding off on the issue and only angering fans further.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2026
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The Star, which also looked into the killing, revealed that Jordan’s associations with organized crime figures, as well as his apparent disregard for angering them, likely contributed to his death.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
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The bag provided the only real contrast in the outfit, breaking up the sea of black without disrupting its clean, minimalist feel.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
16 June 2026
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Shortly after breaking up with Dakota, Ainsley started dating Ryder, the high school quarterback.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
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The Knicks' championship parade will conclude at City Hall, where fans will be met with a glaring mistake.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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Taking Ament would require belief that the shooting and strength questions are developmental hurdles, not glaring red flags.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2026
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“Flipping (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flipping%20%28out%29. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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