as in flips
to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner
we must have spent hours leafing through wallpaper books before we found something we both liked
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flips
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The unjust taking flips the relationship between the government and the individual that the American ideal established.—
Robertas Bakula,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026 -
One is instantaneous, the brain just flips into unrecognizable thoughts, and the other is a deterioration over time.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Leafs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leafs. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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