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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But when performed live by the E Street Band, the song flips from black and white to technicolor, with Springsteen opening the song solo acoustic and the band swinging in on the chorus.—
Caryn Rose,
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28 May 2026 -
American daredevil Evel Knievel falls to the ground as his motorcycle flips in the air at Wembley Stadium during his attempt to leap over 13 London buses.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
27 May 2026
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“Leafs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leafs. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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