1
as in clumps
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3
as in chews
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Noun
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With police turning a blind eye, Portland became a honeypot for local and out-of-state addicts to score cheap dope and use it freely.—
Jason Motlagh,
Rolling Stone,
27 Apr. 2025 -
There’s all kinds of really dope products that are specifically for the people who are not shopping.—
Eric Ryan,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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This naturally leads to reporters questioning how the meat tastes.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
26 Dec. 2024
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Either way, there is a better way to sip a creamy alcoholic drink that actually tastes like something without having to resort to saccharine premade nog.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Gums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gums. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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