1
as in to pooh
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2
as in to quarrel (with)
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There have been pockets of dissent within the country, too, with activists marching through the streets of Tel Aviv carrying bags of flour to protest hunger.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2025 -
Texas Representative Gene Wu speaks to border and immigrant advocates, community members, and civil rights organizations protesting against immigration bills outside of the John H. Reagan State Office Building in Austin on April 12, 2023.—
Peter Aitken
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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Some residents and candidates have complained that Area Towing often overcharged customers, unaware of the costs when getting their vehicles towed.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Some users over at the Fitbit Community forums are complaining about missing sleep data, though, including the loss of historical data.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
6 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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After twice rejecting Trump, Nevadans ousted a Democratic governor in 2022 and helped Trump back to the White House in 2024.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.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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That amendment says that no plan can be drawn to favor or disfavor a political party, along with requiring that districts cannot be drawn to deny equal opportunity to racial minorities.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
5 Aug. 2025
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The rule would have disfavored several significant occupations.—
Stuart Anderson,
Forbes.com,
21 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 19 Aug. 2025.
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