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as in hulks
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
although he's something of a lubber, everyone agrees that he has a kind heart
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Noun
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These include things like oats, coconut glycerin, and peanut butter in the lumps of coal biscuits, oats, peanut butter and bacon in the bac’n nutty biscuits, and chickpeas, tapioca flour and apples in the brushy sticks.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025 -
Cut into potatoes, and scoop the flesh into a food processor; process until no lumps remain, about 1 minute.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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YouTube says up to 25% of the test channels' viewers opt for non-English dubs.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
13 Sep. 2025
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The film used Flawless technology to assist with dubs and ore family friendly versions of the film.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Wanderers, three-time A-League Grand Final losers but AFC Champions League winners in 2014, are still smarting after being knocked out of last season’s Finals series by eventual finalists Melbourne Victory.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The losers in Ole Miss-Georgia and Tennessee-Alabama will still have multiple opportunities for massive resume wins later this year, regardless of what happens this weekend.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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To be funny while playing a character who’s sweet and endearing (even when calling his friends idiots) is a skill, and Bad Bunny has it.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
5 Oct. 2025
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For a bunch of idiots, this did not work out too badly.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the skunks know the insects are there.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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Animals that typically carry rabies are bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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They are insulated with feathers from ducks or geese called down.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Bird flu is spreading again, now that wild water fowl — geese, ducks and cranes — have begun their seasonal migrations.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
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That’s a sure way to invite not only raccoons but other unwanted guests such as mice, opossums, and skunks.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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Animals that typically carry rabies are bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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There were these lunatics in the car.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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So that episode will make fun [of] billionaire life-extension body-hacking lunatics.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Lubbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lubbers. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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