as in hitting (on or upon)
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With the news that Assad had fled the country came the hope of finding out their fates.
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What was your reaction to finding out that your character was going to die like that?
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On a broken possession with the shot clock running down, Thornton caught the ball in the right corner with space to shoot.
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Taking the form of a 420-pound plasticky egg, K5s have mainly made headlines through extraordinary mishaps like drowning in a fountain and running down a 16-month-old-toddler.
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But the recent action on Anthropic, as well as asking OpenAI to limit its own newest model, comes after experts have fretted for months that Mythos could pose a security risk by giving hackers and other bad actors access to AI capable of finding and exploiting vulnerabilities exceptionally quickly.
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Good luck finding more than a few sad options hidden in a back corner at your local salon.
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Not to mention scaring up plenty of customers.
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While the Cowboys and Chiefs have gone about their usual business of scaring up impressions, last year’s ratings champs have yet to really pounce on the Nielsen dials.
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“Poking (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poking%20%28around%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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