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Noun
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Remember though, like with most Wall Street history, there will be winners and there will be losers.—
Brian Sullivan,
CNBC,
13 May 2026 -
There will be both winners and losers when the dust settles.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Some drones drop bombs, some serve as missiles, while others reconnoiter.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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The territorial gains the Russians have captured since early 2024 have been relatively minor and typically consist of small villages and midsize cities that have already been destroyed by Russian glide bombs and artillery.—
Daniel DePetris,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
Noun
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There will be several chances for rain across Maryland Wednesday through early next week, but none of the days are looking like washouts.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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On the other hand, cool‑season sod farmers usually grow Kentucky bluegrass, which germinates slowly compared to other turfgrass species, increasing the risk of washouts.—
Ryan Bearss,
The Conversation,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The second story revolves around another filmmaker, Elsa (Bárbara Lennie), who had directed a couple of feature flops and is instead now using her talents in advertising and commercials.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
20 May 2026
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The show, which premiered on Broadway in 1947, was Lerner and Loewe’s first hit after a string of flops and fizzles.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Mining disasters are common in China, where rapid industrialization came with intense resource exploitation, poor working conditions and a weak regulatory framework.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 May 2026
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Mining disasters have been common although authorities had implemented measures to improve safety over the past years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 May 2026
Noun
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The kind of tiny culinary catastrophes most diners would never notice, but that a young chef chasing greatness apparently sees in his sleep.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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California is being hammered with more frequent and devastating catastrophes, and that’s making the entire insurance market riskier and more expensive, exacerbating mistakes made by government and the private sector alike.—
Ben Allen,
Oc Register,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Modern brick kilns are designed to minimize or eliminate clinkers.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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But there are no outright clinkers in the bunch, either.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Contained within all these fiascoes is a subtly different conservative movement.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Trump is the most corrupt and scandal-plagued president since Nixon; indeed, his fiascoes eclipse Nixon’s, but many of them remain mostly or somewhat hidden, thanks in part to a much more acquiescent Republican Congress than the one Nixon had.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Nonstarters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonstarters. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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