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Recent Examples of lard
This expensive, but frequently cheap-looking, placeholder is historical, but larded up with clunky fiction.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
But the new season suffers from both a surfeit of ideas and a lack of vision, relegating beloved relationships to the background while larding the show with characters and story lines that fail to compel.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
The suit claims the documents larded the value of such prominent and personally significant holdings as his Trump Tower penthouse in New York and his Mar-a-Lago club and home in Florida, as well as golf courses, hotels, a Wall Street office building and more.
—Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2023
Internet video giant YouTube larded its coffers with $7.95 billion in ad revenue for third quarter of 2023, representing a 12.5% year-over-year increase, as parent Alphabet overall topped Wall Street forecasts.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
But the new season suffers from both a surfeit of ideas and a lack of vision, relegating beloved relationships to the background while larding the show with characters and story lines that fail to compel.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
The suit claims the documents larded the value of such prominent and personally significant holdings as his Trump Tower penthouse in New York and his Mar-a-Lago club and home in Florida, as well as golf courses, hotels, a Wall Street office building and more.
—Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2023
Internet video giant YouTube larded its coffers with $7.95 billion in ad revenue for third quarter of 2023, representing a 12.5% year-over-year increase, as parent Alphabet overall topped Wall Street forecasts.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lard
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The results include contract review time cut in half, more than 300,000 emails auto-responded to in a single year, and finance teams surfacing investor insights in minutes instead of hours.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
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That's also led to cuts in output from some of the world's largest producers, because their crude has nowhere to go.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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If your tofu sticks, the pan likely wasn’t hot enough (or oiled enough).—
Claire Saffitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Routine Maintenance for Your Butcher Block Keeping butcher block properly oiled is one of the best ways to protect it from wear and bacteria.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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Oval Glass Doors That front door with an oval glass inset?—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
22 Feb. 2026
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Each tile was hand-painted in the perfect blue with a crackled glaze and then inset into a rich, dark stained wood.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
11 Feb. 2026
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Scott used comedy to grease the narrative wheels; here, the laughs tend to gum up the works.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
19 Mar. 2026
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In reality, according to a person with knowledge of the deal, Tal greased an employee from Griffin’s office to get the boss’s number, then called him incessantly.—
James D. Walsh,
Curbed,
10 Mar. 2026
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In this way, the bro construction exploits the vaguely negative connotations attached to masculinity in order to tar something else with the same brush.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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Despite this experience, Gisèle warns against tarring all men with the same brush.—
Gaby Wood,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2026
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Yet Stunning Landscape As part of their investigation, the journalists weave through allegations of institutional corruption, secret police operations, drug trafficking, and an overnight visit to the Devil’s Punchbowl.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
21 Mar. 2026
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Timberlake was initially arrested in June 2024 after police stopped him for weaving out of his lane and failing to obey a stop sign.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
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Using clumpy detergent can clog compartments, gum up a washing machine’s internal components, and leave detergent deposits on clothes.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Feb. 2026
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Brushing harder and longer does not mean cleaner teeth, Hoss noted, adding that aggressive brushing and outdated brush designs are major contributors to gum recession and enamel wear.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Rated to keep you warm in temps down to 14 degrees Fahrenheit, this quality soft wool cashmere Aritzia coat has a slim silhouette, princess seams for shaping, and an ultra-thin vegan suede interlining for added warmth and wind protection.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Sep. 2025
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This practice, called interlining, gives passengers the ability to get to more parts of the city without transferring trains.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
9 Dec. 2024
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“Lard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lard. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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