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as in clumping
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as in chewing
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The drug is designed to rapidly block platelets from clumping and restricting blood flow, lessening the adverse outcomes of a heart attack.—
Justin Zacks,
CNBC,
4 June 2026 -
This upright, clumping perennial bears flower spikes in shades of red, pink, coral, yellow, white, purple, or hot pink from summer to early fall.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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Lightly oiling the cutting board so nothing sticks will also make rolling easier, along with allowing yourself a few tries to get the hang of it.—
Gretchen McKay,
Twin Cities,
7 Aug. 2025
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Cud-chewing calves like Mabel don't get any antibodies in the womb and depend on the colostrum — or first milk — from their moms for those antibodies in the 24 hours after they are born.—
Jordyn Noennig,
jsonline.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Archaeologists have mostly found evidence for betel nut chewing in ancient times through easily visible stains and fragments of betel leaves and nuts in teeth.—
Elizabeth Rayne,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
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Ultimately, the device attempts to solve the logistical headache of outdoor entertainment by condensing an entire gear bag into a single, cohesive unit.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 May 2026
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Characteristic examples of condensing include the case of TV news and the infamous sound-bites concept, where brief and memorable catchphrases that condense only the essence of an event or story are maintained.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
11 May 2026
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But Ehlers has given Carolina a newfound level of offensive depth, especially given he’s meshed surprisingly well with Jordan Staal and Jordan Martinook, two veteran checkers who have been mucking and grinding for years on a team that does that better than anyone.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
24 May 2026
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Jonas Valanciunas rejoined the action at backup center, mucking things up.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
28 Apr. 2026
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That licking instinct may have led Jacobs’s elk to an area known as Flag Swamp, a one-acre wetland filled with blue flag irises and shrubby willow trees.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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And watch for behavioral changes, as pets may experience pain, licking or chewing at a wound, loss of appetite and lethargy.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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The air was freezing, and the town was bathed in the crisp Arctic light of a late-winter sun.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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A little over a month later, another spell of freezing weather bullied its way into Central Florida and slammed the remaining citrus groves that had just started to recover.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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Also on the good side of things is Sean Bell’s lanky Sir Robin, the not-quite-so-brave, armor-soiling knight.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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On TikTok, as The Washington Post has reported, some creators are making $5,000 a month using AI tools to write scripts and animate extremely dumb viral videos where old men talk about soiling themselves.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Gumming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gumming. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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