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Noun
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What followed was an upfront pitch smaller in scope than the big bonanzas that other companies will hold next month, but still familiar.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026 -
Others are still undoing pandemic-era hiring bonanzas, and some blame layoffs on AI’s productivity.—
Molly Liebergall,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Tempura-ed squash blossoms disclosing caches of ratatouille?—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Both privilege escalation vulnerabilities stem from bugs in the kernel’s handling of page caches stored in memory, allowing untrusted users to modify them.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
11 May 2026
Noun
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The source code repositories include private signing certificates, which OpenAI uses to indicate the company’s apps are legit and trustworthy.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2026
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Over the past decade, supply-chain attacks on open source repositories have become increasingly common.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These hoards follow similar arrangements.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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Video shared by the department captured hoards of teens running away.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These cash stashes will be waiting for you when the unexpected happens, like a surprise medical bill or a burst pipe in your house.—
Becca Stanek,
TheWeek,
22 Apr. 2026
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This winter has delivered and so grooming was perfect, trees still held soft stashes and the entire mountain was open.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire a year ago, but Israel — which says the group has been rebuilding its armories, and that Lebanon is failing in its commitment to disarm it — has ramped up attacks against Hezbollah in recent days.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
27 Nov. 2025
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Even if their small military facilities, colloquially known as armories, had physically centralized fitness resources and equipment, many would be unable to take advantage of them.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Honeypots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honeypots. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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