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Noun
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Lavin makes this awkwardness stand for a great deal, for the idea that in a time of grief nothing is free from tension, least of all the most ordinary encounter, the most casual moment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026 -
Her awkwardness made sense, though.—
Isobel Lewis,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Not two years later this tower was to collapse precipitately under its own weight into a pyramid of dust and rubble, only to be rebuilt later, in, unaccountably, all its former gracelessness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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The desire for more speed also demonstrated some of the internal clumsiness Weiss and her close inner circle have lamented on the technical side.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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This wouldn't come from a place of hostility, but due to his clumsiness and trailing tail.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In Sydney, Spain’s gold medal-winning basketball team in the intellectually disabled category included players later found not to have disabilities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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The emergency assistance program, run by The Salvation Army, helps residential customers who are behind on paying their Nicor Gas bill and experiencing financial hardship because of military deployment, job loss, illness, a disability or other issues.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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The real Democratic failure lies not in having multiple candidates but in the party’s decades-long inability to develop Latino leaders as household names and frontrunners.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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At its core, narcissism is defined by a lack of empathy—not just occasional selfishness, but a consistent inability or unwillingness to step into someone else’s world.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Only when Bouzid deals with the repercussions of homophobic Tunisian laws does the melodrama tip into ham-handedness.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But she eventually was removed on moral incapacity grounds, with lawmakers citing the high crime rate and corruption scandals.—
Franklin Briceño,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Gaucheness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaucheness. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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