1
as in to pooh
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2
as in to quarrel (with)
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People also protested outside government minister’s homes.—
From Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
17 Aug. 2025 -
According to an official website, over 200 events were held across 34 states yesterday to protest Texas Republicans' efforts to redraw the state's electoral maps in their favor—a strategy that has been picked up by Republican leaders in other states as well ahead of next year's midterms.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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Consumers have complained that stores feel less distinctive, private labels have multiplied to the point of confusion, and online shopping options lag those of competitors.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Trump has long complained about absentee voting, since before the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down many in-person events.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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Yeah, a woman scorned who also writes songs is a thing to behold.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Not that Colbert really ever held back on his opinions, but a host scorned hath more fury.—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
26 July 2025
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Evers himself rejected Underly’s request to repeal a state law requiring teachers to pass the Foundations of Reading Test to obtain certain teaching licenses.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Hall has rejected Puri's recommendation to reinstate Farhat as the Democratic appropriations chair, made in a letter that blasted the speaker's approach to budget negotiations.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Prime Minister Winston Churchill so disliked a portrait commissioned for his eightieth birthday that his secretary burned it.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
13 Aug. 2025
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Some of the gentry dislike her, but the lower orders have a great regard for her.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Aug. 2025
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The First Amendment’s establishment clause forbids the government from establishing an official religion, from giving preference to a specific religion and from giving favor to or disfavoring religion in general.—
Charles J. Russo,
The Conversation,
5 Aug. 2025
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There are now more than 1 billion Android devices that fall foul of Google’s cutting off security updates for Android 12 and older phones, and also from its tweaking its Play Integrity API to disfavor apps running on these unsupported versions of the OS.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Some social media users have criticized the department’s reverence for the 1940s, noting the period predated the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which outlawed segregation, as well as other landmark legislation and Supreme Court decisions that were key to the civil rights era.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Trump amps up his attacks on CEOs and other executives Trump has long used social media and his other public statements to cajole, criticize and praise companies and individual CEOs.—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Object (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/object%20%28to%29. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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