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Recent Examples of Synonyms for party lines
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In the medieval town of Belvì, men roast chestnuts—marroni—over an open fire in a frying pan the size of a swimming pool and then serve them to the crowd by shoveling them into troughs.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026 -
Canned Water Chestnuts Fresh water chestnuts, while hard to find, are sweeter and juicier than canned varieties, with a cleaner, more pronounced crunch.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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Stepping away from our usual routines in a different setting, far from our commitments and deadlines, can give us a sense of calm, detachment, and tranquility.—
Alessandra Signorelli,
Vogue,
29 May 2026
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For many people, improving metabolic health does not require expensive wellness products or complicated routines.—
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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The process is so slow that a City Council committee held a hearing earlier this month essentially to turn up the heat on administration officials, who offered no explanation for the molasses-like contracting process other than platitudes.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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The public backing from members of the squad for Carrick has been pronounced, beyond the usual platitudes of players supporting their manager.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
24 May 2026
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In another Amsterdam photo, a pair of identical world globes, recalling Ghirri’s passion for cartography and atlases, rest on matching supports to conjure that oldest of surrealist tropes, a pair of staring eyes.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Professional arcs not entirely aside, this is a romantic comedy, full of meet-cutes and related tropes, where love rules; no one’s got it, everyone’s looking for it.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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“Party lines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/party%20lines. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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