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Recent Examples of nuclear
But if the Republicans are going to go nuclear, so am I.
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Later Monday, Russian former President Dmitry Medvedev blamed NATO countries for the abandonment of a moratorium on short- and medium-range nuclear missiles and said Moscow would take further steps in response.
—Sonam Sheth
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
The terms of the agreement are monitored by the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency – which Iran has already suspended cooperation with following U.S. and Israeli strikes against its nuclear program last month.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
Is that going to make a measurable difference in the North Korean nuclear program?
—CBS News, 13 July 2025
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Later Monday, Russian former President Dmitry Medvedev blamed NATO countries for the abandonment of a moratorium on short- and medium-range nuclear missiles and said Moscow would take further steps in response.
—Sonam Sheth
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
The terms of the agreement are monitored by the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency – which Iran has already suspended cooperation with following U.S. and Israeli strikes against its nuclear program last month.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
Is that going to make a measurable difference in the North Korean nuclear program?
—CBS News, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclear
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Adding in the ballistic and cruise missiles dispatched, which are far more expensive per unit, brings the total price tag of Russia’s 2025 aerial campaign to almost $13.4 billion.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Russian ballistic and cruise missiles then route around the defenses to strike their targets.—
ERIC SCHMIDT,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Aug. 2025
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This has unintended consequences when both Batel and Spock share a vision that sends Spock into a berserk rage.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
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But that was before Watkins suffered a season-ending ACL tear and before UConn star Paige Bueckers went absolutely berserk, scoring 40 in the Sweet 16.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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This new version understands the overall assignment: bring back a few familiar faces; reintroduce your resident homicidal maniac hellbent on revenge; gather an insanely photogenic cast and kill most of them.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 July 2025
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Based on Roth’s fictitious trailer of the same name that appeared in Grindhouse (2007), Thanksgiving takes place in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where a masked maniac terrorizes the residents one year after a Black Friday riot ended in tragedy.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.—
Peter Hermann,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.—
Thomas Saccente,
Arkansas Online,
17 Jan. 2023
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This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2025
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The World Health Organization defines burnout as an occupational phenomenon which is characterized by feelings of energy depletion, increased mental distance from one's job, and reduced professional efficacy.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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Petsch visited the annual celebration of all things fan culture to promote the The Strangers: Chapter 2, which picks up where Chapter 1 left off — with Petsch's Maya seemingly saved from the titular Strangers' demented attack, but with the menacing Scarecrow still hunting her down.—
Ryan Coleman Updated,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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This is like the dark, demented, twisted little sister of Under The Tuscan Sun.—
Karin Slaughter,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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“Nuclear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclear. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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