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Noun
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Or maybe circumstances conspire to force Lizzie to send her own little John Dutton back, to be raised by Uncle Spencer and fall in love with the same forsaken hollow that stole her only love.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025 -
Think about contour sticks as painting on shadows, where the natural hollows of your face would be the canvas, and your contour stick the paintbrush.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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Now, new research has found another potential health risk linked to these sugary drinks—oral cavity cancer.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
16 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, public health authorities, including the American Dental Association, support fluoride being put in drinking water to prevent cavities.—
Neal Earley,
Arkansas Online,
16 Apr. 2025
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During a Zoom interview, Maury Purnell, 85, hangs in the air, firmly grasping a trapeze bar, answering questions and smiling, no less.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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In a panic to get rid of the ball, Trent jumped in the air and tried to throw it to a teammate, but Nembhard picked it off and found a teammate.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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The return from Chicago of Sammie’s gangster twin cousins, Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan), and their plan to open a juke joint force the tensions between father and son into the open, with both mortal and supernatural consequences.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Falcons said that Jax Ulbrich had written the phone number down off of an iPad that had been left out in the open at his parents' house.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Hollowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollowness. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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