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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horning in
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Add shortening and continue cutting in until flour is pale yellow and resembles coarse cornmeal with butter bits no larger than small peas.
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Francisco Conceição, one of the 11 replacements to come on for Portugal, grabbed the 75th-minute winner by cutting in from the right and curling a shot into the far corner.
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Just recently, a client came to us because their onboarding and user data pipeline kept breaking in ways their users could feel.
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Not a week goes by without news of a high-profile auction breaking in Publishers Weekly.
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Putting on a community festival is no small feat, but around town, folks are putting in hard work to make fun happen this weekend.
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Level 3 – Strengthen Integrity Level 3 seeks to strengthen Integrity through putting in the reps to strengthen each of its elements.
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Scheffler, who fell nine shots behind with a pair of bogeys at the start, shot 32 on the back nine by chipping in from 65 feet on the 14th for the start of three straight birdies.
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The city and county spent $9 million apiece to buy Toyota Field, with SS&E chipping in another $3 million.
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“Horning in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horning%20in. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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