new waves

noun

plural of new wave
as in last words

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  3. hot tickets
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  7. rages
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  • Continue reading … ‘NEVER WAVERED’ — Pence reveals Graham's last words to him in a vivid airport encounter.
    — , FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
  • Mays’ last words spoken on camera were to a local TV station, MyFox Tampa Bay, after his flight made a rough landing at Tampa International Airport.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
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  • So far this year, only 256 tons have been exported, at a value of $100,000.
    — ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The tired, the sick, the hungry, the famous and tons of ex-boyfriends, all regretting their wrongs.
    — Courtney Love, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • The Story and American Buffalo are going to be hot tickets too.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
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  • It’s easily activated by touching the colored sections or spinning the rattle drum and features three modes, including animals, colors and xylophone.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The QuietComfort headphones boast up to 24 hours of playtime, plenty of customizable modes, and top-tier noise cancellation.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • As American record companies had long understood, these made London an ideal launchpad for pop-culture trends.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Here are eight once-tacky décor trends that designers are embracing once again.
    — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of trends
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  • There are several other ongoing furors about the president’s propensity to use his power in unusually personal ways.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Oct. 2025
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  • The attacks forced people to choose between staying or risking travel to other parts of the province where the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak in history rages.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • His comments in an interview with the FT published Wednesday come as an intense debate rages in Washington over how the US should regulate the fast-developing technology and respond to increasingly sophisticated Chinese competition.
    — Rupert Neate, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
Definition of rages
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