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Recent Examples of Synonyms for once-overs
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The office said the new unit will work directly with law enforcement agencies during investigations and help ensure consistency in charging decisions and sentencing recommendations.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
14 May 2026 -
For Nanos, much of the public criticism overlooks the realities of how complex criminal investigations unfold, especially when detectives are intentionally withholding information to protect the integrity of the case.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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But studies like this can influence whether patients feel like hope is worth chasing.—
Kathi Rigby,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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De la Sanch, an assistant professor of environmental science and studies at DePaul University, suggests the reemergence and spread of novel viruses like hantaviruses may be due to climate change, deforestation and urbanization.—
Allison Kiehl,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Conservative influencers are pushing for a return to the dark days of 1950s inquisitions.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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McCullum generally leaves in-match inquisitions to his loyal lieutenants, Marcus Trescothick and Jeetan Patel.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Enter Coward, which sees Dhont — who made his debut with the polarizing, award-winning trans drama Girl — pushing himself further in his explorations of sexuality and connection, while working on a far larger scale.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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Their unwillingness to engage beyond the surface means a refusal to examine rap’s layered explorations of life, pride and pain, described through lyrical humor, social commentary and witty wordplay.—
A.D. Carson,
The Conversation,
6 May 2026
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And the observations, questions, and assertions in our articles are varying degrees of surprising, insightful, and amusing.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
12 May 2026
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Sharper than Hubble Researchers compared the new data with earlier observations from the Hubble Space Telescope.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
12 May 2026
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Decades after researches first sequenced the human genome, scientists throughout the world are still working to understand it.—
Gary Skuse,
The Conversation,
28 Apr. 2026
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Having heard of the fruitful researches carried on by you last year on the hitherto little understood properties of water surfaces.—
Mariel Carr,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
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The question of how Venus’s atmosphere affects probes isn’t just about the past—the list of artifacts may be growing soon because more probes are set to land on Venus.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
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Both Voyager probes launched with the same 10 operational instruments.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
9 May 2026
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