as in considers
to think of in a particular way
you could call the comment mean-spirited, but I do not look on it that way at all
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The authors looked at all sizes of flooding and examined separately what FEMA considers the most extreme, which are the top 1% of events.—
Seth Borenstein,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026 -
New work by Scerri and her colleagues considers an additional force that may have had a lasting influence — disease.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2026
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Their ideology promotes Jewish supremacy over the entirety of historic Palestine, including the West Bank, and regards territorial compromise with Palestinians as both a political and theological impossibility.—
Arie Perliger,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2026
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Another question consumers seem to have regards Earle's mandelic acid serum, Go Deep.—
Elizabeth Gulino,
Allure,
2 Apr. 2026
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The country has seen fuel prices increase by a fifth, a ban on driving one weekday in five for individuals, and calls to reduce shower times and to charge electric cars and phones only in the daytime.—
Will Barker,
TheWeek,
22 Apr. 2026
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Fern calls this specialized autonomy.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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The schedule at 4 North is similar to other units in the jail, with inmate counts multiple times a day.—
Diego Lasarte,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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One organization that already has it is the UK’s AI Security Institute, which has become the world’s top neutral arbiter of what counts as safe and secure AI.—
Parmy Olson,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
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But that search might be pushed to 2027, and general manager Andrew Berry views this draft as an opportunity to accelerate a rebuild and maximize the premium picks the Browns hold.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Marie Sweets, an OnlyFans creator, told me that pornbots are a natural extension of a culture that views women’s work in these spaces as easy and exploitable.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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On his call with local media after being selected, Raridon said his knee feels good.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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This feels like a draft in which DeCosta will focus on the trenches with a need to come away with starters, plus depth, on both the offensive and defensive lines.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Looks (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looks%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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