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fluting

verb

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present participle of flute

as in beveling

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Players were milling around midfield, exchanging jerseys and making small talk when Chubb appeared to say something to Jackson, who was chatting with another Bills player.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Most people milling around the neighborhood probably don’t know that blocks away, Chavarria and his team are up here, dreaming up how pop culture will look next.

— Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026

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Getty Images, a massive image licensing company with hundreds of millions of assets in its library, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
The Douglas District Attorney's Office is not filing any charges in connection with the death of a 12-year-old Mason Creek Middle School student after a fight after school earlier this year.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

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Based on his observations thus far, Spasojevic believes the burros could play an important role in the local ecosystem by grazing on non-native grasses and preventing them from overtaking native plants.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Silica-poor disks are created by less energetic events from roughly moon-sized bodies grazing each other.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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