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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouthing (down)
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And that confidence and identity have carried over into the first two weeks of the season, from putting away a good Houston Texans team in the opener to pulling away from the Tennessee Titans this past weekend after trailing late in the third quarter.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
18 Sep. 2025 -
Its marketing materials show robots handing an apple to a human, making coffee, putting away groceries and dishes, pouring drinks, and watering plants.—
Maya Cakmak,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Sep. 2025
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The little girl also had trouble swallowing for a couple of days afterward, her mother said.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Sep. 2025
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Rising seas swallowing coastlines.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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Macrophages, immune cells that live in our tissues, are responsible for engulfing and digesting bacteria, dead and damaged cells, and harmful invaders like cancer cells.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Sep. 2025
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Investors are digesting the latest updates on trade and the economy.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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Students at a school district in Kentucky are putting down their phones and cracking books at a record pace now that devices are banned during class, district officials said.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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There’s hard, mundane work outside of putting down the bottle and putting down the pipe.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Mouthing (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouthing%20%28down%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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