jags

noun

plural of jag
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as in binges

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as in barbs

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  1. binges
  2. barbs
  3. sprees
  4. spikes
  5. recurrences
  6. snags
  7. pickups
  8. stickers
Noun
  • Sprawling suburbs leave little room for walkable hubs while endless screen time – from TikTok scrolling to Netflix binges – has replaced real-world connection.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The post-pandemic YOLO spending binges have given way to micro-indulgences.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of binges
Noun
  • Her barbs are sharp enough to bring even Regina George to tears.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • But while politicians trade barbs, residents in Rio de Janeiro have been designing their own responses, with ex-traffickers launching podcasts and grieving mothers stepping up to stop youth recruitment.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of barbs
Noun
  • Indeed, some even view the market downturn as a natural return to a more balanced field following the high-flying peak TV buying sprees of global streamers.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Others went very practical, like Kelly Rowland’s trip to the supermarket, or embraced their inner child, as Donald Glover and Tiffany Haddish did with their sugar sprees.
    — Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of sprees
Noun
  • The team identified a continuous midline feature that began as a fleshy crest along the neck and trunk and transitioned over the hips into a single row of spikes running down the tail — each spike positioned over a single vertebra and fitted to each other.
    — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of spikes
Noun
  • Clinical trials had shown that, for this condition, antibiotics had little or no effect on mortality, the need for surgery, complications, or recurrences.
    — Paula Span, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Patients who don’t have a complete response to their initial chemo and immunotherapies are at higher risk for developing potential future recurrences and for metastatic disease.
    — Maggie Donahue, HEALTH, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of recurrences
Noun
  • Gurman claims the foldable is still on track for this fall, despite chatter about manufacturing snags.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
  • It was once destined for 2028 but has run into snags related to pricing, manufacturing and practicality.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of snags
Noun
  • Kia Tasman Courtesy Kia Kia expects to sell 90,000 pickups a year in North America and claim 7% of the midsize pickup segment by 2034, according to Automotive News.
    — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of pickups
Noun
  • But the prices for the vast majority of stickers are pretty low, which means that no vulture is out there buying up all the sticker packs and trying to resell them at inflated prices to impressionable children hoping to win the lottery.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
Definition of stickers
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