outcrops

present tense third-person singular of outcrop

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Verb
  • The series is technically a prequel to 2017's IT and 2019's IT Chapter Two, which were adapted from Stephen King's 1986 epic novel about Derry, Maine, a small town being terrorized by an ancient, child-devouring evil that surfaces every 27 years.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
  • That’s why experts urge parents to have conversations with their children on how to identify these trends—as well as strategies for managing social media when this content inevitably surfaces.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Mamdani’s vision of an equitable, affordable urbanity emerges as a challenge to this long history of abandonment and exclusion.
    Fahad Zuberi, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Also effective is the picture that gradually emerges of the two parents at the center of this whole thing.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Until the Massachusetts court issues its next order or the Rhode Island appeal is resolved, state agencies are continuing to prepare both partial and full payment scenarios, seeking clarity on who bears the risk if the numbers go wrong.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
  • As the investigation runs its course, the agency will determine probable cause of the UPS crash, compile a report and issues safety recommendations in hopes of preventing similar accidents from happening in the future.
    Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Even as this risk rises rapidly, there are still plans for launching mega constellations of tiny satellites akin to those that are already orbiting as part of SpaceX’s Starlink system, along with a newly emerging push for orbital data centers such as Nvidia’s Starcloud.
    Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The film is based on the true story of Joseph ‘Lupo’ Rulli (Interdonato), a legendary New Jersey boxer plagued with polio before his career peaks, who then rises as a mobster in the Bonanno Crime family, while his older brother Dennis (Stahl) becomes a decorated State Policeman in the same town.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Outcrops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcrops. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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