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Noun
  • Home warranties cover a variety of systems in your home, like electrical, plumbing and HVAC.
    Brian Sloan, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Gardeners know that starting plants by seed indoors is a money saver once all the equipment is purchased, and there are opportunities to try new and unusual plant varieties.
    Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • During another sale, an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle was placed in a garbage bag and sold in the middle of the afternoon in the Bronx.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
  • In Dolton, residents can’t even be sure their garbage will be collected.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • For the pupping season, which lasts from about December to April, the males are fasting from both food and water in order to devote all their energy to defend their harem.
    Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Their pupping sites in the shallower northeastern Caspian Sea are shifting and disappearing, as the animals also struggle against pollution and overfishing.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Other finds include a purse full of silver coins, an assortment of the king's exotic spices—including cloves, pieces of ginger, peppercorns and fist-sized lumps of saffron—sourced from locations as far away as modern-day Indonesia.
    Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The limited releases will also feature an assortment of products, including activity kits and themed coloring books.
    Annabelle Canela, Parents, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The victim undresses while standing on a sheet of paper that is meant to catch hair, fibres, and debris that could be evidence.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • On Monday, several cranes could be seen lifting large pieces of debris, including what appeared to be a jet engine and a section of the plane's fuselage.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Local authorities were able to coax the bobcat kitten out of the tree and bring it some comfort.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • We're just kitten around.
    Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Minimize noise and clutter Dr. Small says environmental triggers like loud sounds and jumbles of papers and clothing can increase sundowning symptoms.
    Cathy Habas, SELF, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Owners’ names now read like jumbles of computer code, retirement homes or rock bands: Silver Sage, Dream Homes, Blue Apple, P Fin VII, Wref II, 3xs2, Vivid, Straight Red Lines, TKJK, Jags Proper.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
Noun
  • Whatever trash isn’t recycled is trucked away, dumped into landfills and buried.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • City leaders are also increasing parking meter rates, extending trash collection fees and making other moves to raise revenues.
    Mariana Trujillo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
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