pine (for)

Definition of pine (for)next

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Verb
  • Sports audiences happen to be growing, as more media outlets crave better reach among audiences watching video in simultaneous fashion.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • But Odysseus, craving road trip tunes after accidentally dropping his mix CDs into Charybdis, must hear their song.
    — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Japanese flight controllers want to avoid powdery soil and rough terrain when the mothership, a four-legged stationary lander, descends to the surface to gather samples in late 2028 or 2029.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Florida Poly now wants to investigate what a piloted electric aircraft can offer.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
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“Pine (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pine%20%28for%29. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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