1
as in to pooh
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2
as in to quarrel (with)
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Residents have also protested several times against Trump’s threats of mass deportations, and students and faculty at universities across the state have protested the Trump administration’s funding cuts to higher education.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025 -
Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History Gov. JB Pritzker urges Democrats to protest at GOP congressional offices in response to President Donald Trump Pritzker was joined by Govs.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2025
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During a ski vacation in the seventh episode, Ginny complains that Nick is not being fully present with her friends.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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One Truist customer complained on DownDetector that their rent payment has been pending since Thursday evening.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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On the other, America’s right flank feeling scorned because its aid – given to defeat a decades-long adversary at no cost of American life – had not been received with enough gratitude.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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Republicans putting country above politics or compromising with Democrats are scorned and ostracized by fellow Republicans and voted out of office.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Ukraine talks downgraded: Rubio cancels London trip The U.S. plan, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has publicly rejected, also appears to block Ukraine's ambition to join the NATO military alliance.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Hours before the scheduled execution on Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a final appeal by Mendoza's attorneys to stop the execution.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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The markets that day closed with losses after Trump attacked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — something markets majorly dislike.—
Alex Gangitano,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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Fundamentally there is a misunderstanding — or at least dislike — for what Guardiola is trying to achieve in these final games.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Expressing political views—including those disfavored by the government—doesn't make someone a national security or public safety risk.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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Over time, the precedent of the swift removal of people—with limited if any judicial intervention—can be deployed more broadly to target immigrants, even lawful ones, espousing views disfavored by the administration.—
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2025
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She was criticized by some for her expensive timepiece and for using prisoners as production props.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Those signings by Guerin were, at the time, criticized as being premature.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Object (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/object%20%28to%29. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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