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Recent Examples of loop
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Angine is not Dillinger Escape Plan or Naked City leaping wildly between time signatures—a loop pedal serves as the third member of the band, so every song is generally locked into a pulse.
—Christopher R. Weingarten, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2026
Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
The crew will loop around the far side of the Moon, reaching thousands of miles beyond the lunar surface, but the mission's purpose is to validate systems ahead of later Artemis missions, which are planned to conduct the next actual landings.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
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Noun
As much as our financial systems seems to be stuck in a doom loop, the economy has been remarkably resilient.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Angine is not Dillinger Escape Plan or Naked City leaping wildly between time signatures—a loop pedal serves as the third member of the band, so every song is generally locked into a pulse.
—Christopher R. Weingarten, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
The crew will make a 685,000-mile, 10-day journey that will loop them around the moon, traveling farther into deep space than any human has before.
—Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
The crew will loop around the far side of the Moon, reaching thousands of miles beyond the lunar surface, but the mission's purpose is to validate systems ahead of later Artemis missions, which are planned to conduct the next actual landings.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loop
Noun
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In his first season of organized hoops, at 5 years old, Knueppel didn’t score.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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Because the Warriors – without Jimmy Butler or Steph Curry for large swaths of the year – and Blazers were the only teams on the fringe trying to play respectable hoops, that put the teams in a strange position that Green could only scoff at.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Due to the decline in film and TV production and spiraling health costs, the WGA health fund has run deficits totaling $200 million over the last four years.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
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Prices spiraled everywhere, including here.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In 2025, 38 individuals were accused of orchestrating a forgery ring spanning Italy, Spain, France, and Belgium, with links to the sale of counterfeit works attributed to leading artists of the 19th through 21st centuries.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Three rotisserie chickens remained untouched, sitting charred, still atop their stainless-steel platters in the center of the ring.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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By now, the mind-altering powers coiled in these devices are evident.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Overnight, the smoke coiled upward and gave way to acid rain that stained the city black.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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You’ll be served your second drink (of four in total) in an evocative atmosphere filled with colonial-style architecture, actors dressed as 19th-century factory workers, and a mariachi band.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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Two struggling male musicians witness a mob murder and flee by disguising themselves as women in an all-female jazz band.—
Rick Mauch
April 6,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The 10-day mission involves circling the moon in a flyby manner (and not landing on the surface) and, in doing so, establishing the record for the farthest that humans have ever ventured into space.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Financial regulators are already circling.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Along with 78 chess pieces were 14 discs, the type used in checkers, and one belt buckle.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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The pinafore-style dress was in a twee ditsy print and flowed well past her knees, while a leather belt sat happily on her waist without exerting effort to cinch.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Arbat might even derive from gorbat (hunchback), because the road curved in and around streams.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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On the exterior of a white-walled building with a curving roof—a production facility where steel parts for the company’s eponymous pistol are manufactured—hung an enormous billboard.—
Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Loop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loop. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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