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Verb
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Last season, the illusion of parity vanished when the Liberty put a 48-point pasting on the rebuilding Sun.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026 -
Algorithms shifted without ceremony, monetization features appeared, vanished, reappeared—more complex.—
Stephanie Hind,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
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Last year, the sorority gave out 263 Nike Air Force One solid white sneakers to children at five Gary elementary schools, according to archives.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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Clark’s groin gave out early in the season, and Sophie Cunningham was not far behind her on the way to the sideline.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
5 May 2026
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Democrats’ jubilation over the prospect of claiming four new Virginia House seats evaporated on Friday, cementing a new GOP advantage in the mid-decade congressional redistricting war.—
Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
8 May 2026
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Our protoplanetary disk has long since evaporated, as has any trace of a circumstellar debris disk.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
8 May 2026
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The sense of a cultural in- and out-group dissolved as niche communities grew and old-school ideas of coolness fell away.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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There was a silent boom; in the thrill of the snake, everything unnecessary fell away.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Their 3-point shooting quickly tapered off for the remainder of the game.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2026
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While Brent crude has tapered off from its wartime high of $126 per barrel at the end of April, prices are still more than 38% above levels seen before the Middle East conflict intensified.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
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“Petered (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petered%20%28out%29. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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