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Adverb
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Flores, 33, walked very gingerly back to first base after beating out the single and was soon met by manager Bob Melvin and trainer Dave Groeschner.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
3 Aug. 2025 -
In the clip, the Hall of Fame football player, 57, gingerly joins his daughter in an ice bath outside their property in Texas.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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The space had been carved out deliberately where Black joy, creative experimentation, and culinary storytelling could thrive in full bloom.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
5 Aug. 2025
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That means going beyond tests for self-harm and deliberately simulating interactions involving conditions like mania, psychosis, and OCD to assess how the models respond.—
Robert Hart,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Formally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formally. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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