as in to share (out)
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On their fourth studio album, The Technicolors dish out juicy, intoxicating rock 'n' roll — all served with extra pulp.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Sep. 2025 -
Aston Villa travels to the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday hoping to dish out another Premier League double over Brentford after beating the same foe home and away last term.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
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Fans got an evening full of Moon Persons being handed out, show-stopping performances and plenty of surprises along the way — including a live f-bomb and touching family moment with the Osbournes.—
Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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That tension—the desire to be recognized and the discomfort in handing out compliments—was brought to life in a now-famous social experiment.—
Rick Burton,
Sportico.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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And there were plenty of smaller prizes doled out too, 124 tickets that won $50,000 prizes and 25 tickets won $150,000 prizes.—
Joyce Orlando,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Sep. 2025
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Fernandes Anderson doled out a $13,000 bonus to one of her Council staffers, a relative but not an immediate family member, on the condition that $7,000 be kicked back to her.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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The private pool is perfectly proportioned and shaded terraces invite afternoon snoozes or sunset spritzes.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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This can not only help your room feel properly proportioned but can also enable easy flow throughout the space.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 July 2025
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The legislature appropriated $147 million this past session to protect current families using the vouchers.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
4 Sep. 2025
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National security leaders in all three countries must commit to more multiyear procurement contracts and authorize and appropriate more funding for cutting-edge defense technologies.—
GARY ROUGHEAD,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Sep. 2025
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Others view it as a brazen attempt to split up Kansas City’s minority voters.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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That resulted in a hung parliament split between the National Rally, the left-wing New Popular Front, and Macron’s Renaissance bloc.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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For the most part, the Ripper has been background noise on Resurrection, with tidbits being portioned out over the course of the first eight episodes.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2025
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Consider prepping and portioning these sides ahead of time to make packing lunches on a busy morning a breeze.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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But if your peonies are flowering less over time or nearby plants are encroaching on their growing space, dividing them in fall is one simple solution.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Sep. 2025
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Every Democrat in the chamber supported the legislation while Republicans were evenly divided.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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