as in to will
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Verb
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Turner willed the network into being at great personal and financial risk.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026 -
Šilovs played hurt Goaltender Artūrs Šilovs, who almost singlehandedly willed the Penguins to a Game 7 against the Flyers, was one of their best players in that series.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold handed down the maximum sentence of 18 years.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Her spending also ticked up, bringing her cash on hand down to just more than $54,000.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2026
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Storrie was spotted leaving the Carlyle Hotel with a trail of fabric wrapped around his neck, blowing in the wind.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
5 May 2026
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The Knicks didn’t leave that first-round fire in Atlanta.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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Led by the magnetic Tom Peter, the prolific lo-fi post-punk band out of Australia adds a human drummer and turns in a 23-minute burst of nonstop fun and creativity.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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The chaos left students across the county — many of whom were in the midst of finals — in the lurch, wondering if their assignments could be turned in or would be postponed.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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The tests involved the new, larger rotor blades that will convey the next-gen helicopters through the rarefied Martian atmosphere, just 1 percent the density of air at sea level on Earth.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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Her outside-looking in remembrances (Romvari shoots scenes sometimes from the perspective of looking through a window) elliptically convey much – parental anguish about what would be the best call to action for the entire family, not the upheaval felt within the family.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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But the rapid growth of facial recognition over the last decade has raised concerns among privacy experts who caution that such data can easily be turned over to law enforcement entities or make companies hacking targets.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, Trump’s up-and-down relationship with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has taken a particularly sour turn over the past several months as the Republican president has sought to rally international support for the war in Iran.—
Steven Sloan,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Pass (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%20%28down%29. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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