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Noun
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What seemed novel to me was the idea of using it sincerely, quietly, without the implicit mockery of gender categories.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025 -
And there's certainly mockery from the left about Charlie Kirk, which was wrong.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
2 Nov. 2025
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For English language arts, which includes reading, writing, speaking and listening, the district came one percentage point shy of the state average, with 49% of students meeting their individualized growth targets.—
Dmitry Martirosov,
Arkansas Online,
12 Nov. 2025
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DeVonta Smith is the top target for Hurts with 44 receptions for 588 yards and two scores, while tight end Dallas Goedert has seven TD catches.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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The title especially stings for the many survivors of violence and persecution under Suharto’s rule – and the families of his victims.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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In an email, Victoria Police confirmed the victims were a 33-year-old woman and a 7-year-old boy from Doveton.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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But the effort has also become a lightning rod.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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In office, Cheney became a lightning rod for critics of the administration.—
Don Gonyea,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Club owners are kind of sitting ducks.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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Prisoners feared they were purposefully trapped in the A Tunnel, sitting ducks for a response from corrections officers.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Shorebirds like sandpipers and plovers use this sense to detect prey beneath the sand by sensing subtle mechanical vibrations.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Many thousands flee its mandatory, indefinite military service – and some fall prey to exploitative trafficking gangs.—
Mick Krever,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Among his convictions, Rahab was convicted of groping the butts of at least three different women and a 15-year-old girl in 2023.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Nov. 2025
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Esposito advised smokers not to flick their cigarette butts and to properly extinguish them before throwing them out.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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For some difficult-to-define reason, this trip made Perry a laughingstock.—
Choire Sicha,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Minnesota has become the laughingstock of America — the embarrassment of our nation.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Pilgarlic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pilgarlic. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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