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Adverb
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Flattening the curve—making bad floods somewhat less bad—feels achievable.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026 -
Getting back into a somewhat normal routine of starting once every five, or in this case, six days, is also a benefit.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Even the more politically active class of nonprofits — 501(c)(4) groups, like the relatively new American Hunters and Anglers — can’t make political activity its primary activity.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
3 Apr. 2026
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That’s because baked into Bournemouth’s valuation is an assumption that the relatively small club isn’t going to be in the Premier League for the long haul.—
Andrés Martinez,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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No restaurant does classic Roman quite like Piatto Romano, a cluttered trattoria smack dab in the middle of Testaccio.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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At the start of the year, Jacob Elordi sat on the Jimmy Kimmel sofa to promote Wuthering Heights, wearing a pair of off-white Bottega Veneta loafers that were not quite ballet flats, but ascribed to this hybrid style (though many users compared them to ballet flats online).—
Jack Stanley,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2026
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Oil prices continued to surge on worries of a prolonged war but most Asian markets that were open rose moderately in cautious trading this morning.—
Max Burman,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
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Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Illumination founder Chris Meledandri, as producers, seem committed to keeping things light and playful even while beholden to advancing some kind of coherent, moderately compelling story where there wasn’t one previously.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Better yet, visit at the end of September for the Feile Tilting, a celebration of the Titling community’s irish heritage that culminates in what is rumored to be a pretty raucous shed crawl.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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The first half was pretty even, but the Colleyville Heritage (16-4-2) did put a little more pressure on, despite going into a steady 15-20 mile-per-hour wind.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Kansas has not been a program built on turning over its roster every season but rather generating improvement from those already on it — and then trying to find ways to fill in the gaps when necessary.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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If the goal is truly to protect consumers, the solution does not lie in reducing the visibility of the legal market through federal prohibitions, but rather in avoiding excessive intervention.—
Cláudia Nunes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Fragmentarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentarily. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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