as in to object (to)
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Increasingly seething backlash against Boone seems to doubt there’s more to the TV and internet star turned Grammy nominee than these high-flying antics.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
20 June 2025 -
When Failure Isn't Fiction: What Outages Reveal About Benchmarking Gaps If anyone doubts the importance of resilience, recent history is rife with cautionary tales.—
Spencer Kimball,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Tatis did not protest and started to walk toward the dugout.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
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After years of protesting player comps or begrudgingly including them in my final column before the draft, the pressure to do them reached a critical mass.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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Texas is big—two hundred and sixty-nine thousand square miles—and has resisted canvassing efforts for decades.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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The Supreme Court upheld that ruling, but officials resisted bringing him back until he was indicted in May.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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“Kick (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick%20%28about%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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