highball

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Verb
  • Mechanical engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a new framework that speeds up the design of shock-absorbing foam materials, used in everything from sports and military helmets to spacecraft landing struts.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Warmer temperatures increase evaporation, drying out rivers, reservoirs, soil and vegetation, and speeding up Earth’s water cycle as more water goes back into the air for precipitation.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Several drugmakers, including Novo Nordisk's chief rival Eli Lilly, have been racing to develop obesity pills, which may help alleviate the supply shortfalls and issues accessing the injections on the market.
    Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The 40-year-old Froome, who races for Israel–Premier Tech, was airlifted to hospital following a crash during training on August 27, undergoing surgery a day later.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Panthers were always going to favor Jones and DJ Wonnum in a pass-rushing rotation.
    Mike Kaye September 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Paramedics rushed him to the hospital.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One of Marron’s sisters hurried in to see what had happened.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But fans may want to hurry to buy the dish since the company has not revealed how long the limited-run promotion will last.
    Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Compost for Life uses black soldier fly larvae to break down organic material.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Neutrogena Clean Face Oil-free Broad-Spectrum SPF 50 Recor prefers this oil-free SPF for his face while flying.
    Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Reporter Duaa Eldeib interviewed Sutton-Schulman and L multiple times and traveled to North Carolina for additional reporting.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Who isn't searching for Japan travel?
    Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rather than go up with his right hand, the Nuggets star used his big mitt to zip a pass through two Estonian defenders.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
  • That's fast enough to zip from New York to Los Angeles in under two seconds — and to escape the galaxy entirely.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the tall-grass prairies that once spread out across pre-settlement Indiana, tiny ground squirrels scurried through the wildflowers, grasses and shrubs.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Brett Ryan, aided by Robbie Carter’s young daughter, scurried to place markers at the sites of the longest throws, before chucking the corpses back to the starting line.
    Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Highball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highball. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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