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Recent Examples of incontinent
Because this is an adult show, there are jokes about the burglars being incontinent and using walkers.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
Next on the agenda, Your Grace would like to see Grover Tully, Lord of Riverrun, bend the knee to Rhaenyra (though presumably, this will be a metaphorical knee as Grover is understood to be somewhat mentally incapacitated and definitely incontinent).
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024
In a blunter mode, the romance novelist Jilly Cooper once named an incontinent goat for a reviewer who had savaged her work.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
After starting this treatment, the sanctuary determined that the kitten was incontinent.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
Next on the agenda, Your Grace would like to see Grover Tully, Lord of Riverrun, bend the knee to Rhaenyra (though presumably, this will be a metaphorical knee as Grover is understood to be somewhat mentally incapacitated and definitely incontinent).
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024
In a blunter mode, the romance novelist Jilly Cooper once named an incontinent goat for a reviewer who had savaged her work.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
After starting this treatment, the sanctuary determined that the kitten was incontinent.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incontinent
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Indeed, of the roughly 500 uncontrolled blazes in Canada, 305 were being monitored.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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According to the Texas Invasive Species Institute, snail damage in uncontrolled fields can be as high as 100 percent for rice seedlings in the germinating stage.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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With real pressure from Washington, Addis Ababa and the Tigrayan administration should be able to marginalize the reckless factions that are seeking to exploit the situation—and finally bring to heel the Middle Eastern powers that have for too long enjoyed free rein to meddle in the Horn of Africa.—
Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Aug. 2025
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The main emphasis behind reintroducing car crushing, Easter said, is to deter future reckless drivers or, at least, make sure a particular car stays off the road.—
Caleb Lunetta,
Mercury News,
4 Aug. 2025
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Blaming heated and even intemperate words for the violent actions of madmen invites censorship and deflects responsibility from those who actually commit violent acts.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
20 July 2024
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The shooting unfolded just as Biden was attempting to focus his campaign even more sharply on criticizing Trump, including for his intemperate rhetoric and divisive message, as an effort to move the conversation beyond his performance in the June 27 presidential debate.—
Tyler Pager,
Washington Post,
14 July 2024
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“Incontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incontinent. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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