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Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's statement came a day after President Donald Trump opened a possible two-week window for talks, turning down expectations of imminent U.S. airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 21 June 2025
But this should not be equated with a nuclear weapon.
—Simon Owen , Michael Tobin, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2025
While nuclear projects remain controversial in Europe, the current British government has pledged to approve construction of more such plants at home.
—Spriha Srivastava,jenni Reid, CNBC, 20 June 2025
The hack appears to be motivated by escalating tensions in the Israel-Iran conflict, which broke out last week when Israel struck Iran's nuclear sites and military officials, drawing Tehran's response with barrages of missiles.
—Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 21 June 2025
But this should not be equated with a nuclear weapon.
—Simon Owen , Michael Tobin, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2025
While nuclear projects remain controversial in Europe, the current British government has pledged to approve construction of more such plants at home.
—Spriha Srivastava,jenni Reid, CNBC, 20 June 2025
The hack appears to be motivated by escalating tensions in the Israel-Iran conflict, which broke out last week when Israel struck Iran's nuclear sites and military officials, drawing Tehran's response with barrages of missiles.
—Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclear
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Unsurprisingly, Russia and China have been the starkest foreign detractors of Golden Dome, which sets out to defend the vast spread of the U.S. homeland from ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles through a web of satellites, sensors and interceptors.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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At the time of his arrest, Diaz was wearing a ballistic vest and a gas mask.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 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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The dissolve to a commercial break a moment later was silent, with no applause; the discourse the following week was predictably berserk.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 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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And yet our maniac coach is playing everyone too many minutes, including the injury prone players.—
James L. Edwards III,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 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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The pop culture universe became significantly less demented on Friday when Barret Hansen, aka Dr. Demento, announced his retirement after 55 years of playing novelty songs on the airwaves.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2025
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Like an orchestra led by some demented conductor, the clocks begin announcing themselves around 2 in the afternoon.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2025
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“Nuclear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclear. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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