make way

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Verb
  • During this time, circus families blossomed all over Mexico, aided by the appearance of the steamship and railway systems, as the circus historian Julio Revolledo Cárdenas would detail in a 2018 article for the Fédération Mondiale du Cirque.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
  • Additionally, this decision meant Microsoft could not be held liable for allegedly aiding and abetting OpenAI.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • And all of that will be facilitated by board of trade discussions with the Chinese.
    CBS News, CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • There’s also a spacious indoor area filled with educational toys and games, and the friendly staff facilitate thoughtful activities like Nautical Knot Tying, Anguillan Boat Racing, nature walks, steel drum lessons, and sports including soccer, basketball, volleyball, and pickleball.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • The restriction has helped cultivate a blissfully tranquil ambience for both guests and the resort’s underwater species.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
  • Because a bright sky helps subdue Venus's glare, this is a good time to inspect the planet telescopically, though its gibbous disk remains rather small and approximately seven-eighths illuminated.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • The Pinstripe Bowl between Penn State and Clemson featured teams that opened the year with national championship aspirations but combined for 13 regular-season victories.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Scheffler has struggled with opening rounds for most of the year since opening with a 63 in his season debut at The American Express, his only victory.
    Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • In the 15th minute, Hermansen overhit his pass for Todbio, which enabled winger Harvey Barnes to capitalise on the mistake to assist Nick Woltemade.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 18 May 2026
  • Suppose a mid-sized company has decided to deploy internally an AI agent that will assist in choosing vendors that the firm will make use of.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • But the unstopping competition between the big two auction houses, especially in the realm of fine art, has put extraordinary power into the hands of the people who have those things to sell.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Hundreds of protesters, who had promised to be a visible presence here and filled several sections of the arena, let out an elated, unstopping cheer.
    MONICA DAVEY and JULIE BOSMAN, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2016
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“Make way.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20way. Accessed 19 May. 2026.

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