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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furbelowing
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The touchscreen allows for easy controls and lets users visually preview the design before embroidering starts.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
25 May 2026 -
Has Alec been embroidering the truth?—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2025
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The style is achieved using pre-curled synthetic braiding hair.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
2 June 2026
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And because of it, braiding is only getting more personal.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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At just 5-5, the team still is figuring things out now that Clark is back full time.—
David Troy OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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For Democrats in this robustly blue state, part of the challenge in figuring a path forward is that every candidate — even those already in power — pitches themselves as a bona fide progressive against the status quo.—
National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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There was a catalog from JCPenney, an EHS yearbook and a copy of the school dress code, which laid out such rules as boys being prohibited from having hair hanging over the top of the ears or lower than their collar and Bermuda shorts being only ones allowed.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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Common sense dictates hanging wall cabinets first.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2026
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An easy 10-minute swim will have you on the fringing reef, with slivers of multi-coloured fish, gliding turtles and epic coral formations.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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But in 2015, that changed when the sea ice fringing this vast, icy continent stopped expanding and began to decline dramatically.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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My mother sighed remembering, a faint smile painting her lips.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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And fortunately, Erik Bork, the director of that film, really wanted to check his own biases and echo chambers and invited us and others to help advise him on the script and to ensure that the script itself is not painting a caricature of the characters.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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And she’s taken a spot in the stands alongside their parents, who have spent years chasing their youngest children around the country to make sure at least one parent attends each pro or college game.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
8 June 2026
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Now homeowners are chasing that same effect with HVAC scent diffusers — devices that hook into a home’s heating and cooling system to push fragrance through every room at once.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
8 June 2026
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“Furbelowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furbelowing. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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