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as in huffs
a state of nervous or irritated concern
always in a pother over the state of her garden
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as in disturbances
a state of noisy, confused activity
the pother of city traffic that commuters face every day
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David walks out of the kitchen and Moira huffs and takes his spot over the pot.
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As much as Payton bristles about media storylines and huffs about tempo questions, the Broncos went 25 minutes without a first down against Las Vegas.
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Even tiny electromagnetic disturbances can disrupt the quantum states that perform calculations, reducing the accuracy and reliability of the system.
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To prevent future disturbances, the jail is shifting its operational approach.
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But from then on, Nolte was never late and showed up every day in the same outfit — a trench coat, T-shirt, sweats and Nike turf shoes — with a notebook in hand.
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Amazon has so many chic summer matching sets that go beyond cozy slouchy sweats.
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Over the past year, men’s ski jumping has been marred by Norway’s cheating scandal and more recent genital manipulation rumors, which has become one of the early commotions of the Milano-Cortina Games.
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The Nasdaq Composite Index has slipped nearly 3% this week as Wall Street frets over whether the trillions of dollars going into artificial intelligence will deliver the revenue and profit growth needed to justify that exorbitant cost.
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Retail businesses celebrate While the central bank frets, some businesses are already preparing for these workers to spend their windfalls at their stores.
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Refrigerated pie crust helps this pie come together with just a few stirs of the whisk.
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About two couples, connected and dependent on one another, raising their kids alongside each other, facing the same turmoils, the same existential questions.
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Mayer and Strong offer a broad pop-history lesson, in which the same tensions and turmoils churn on and on in their terrible cycle throughout the decades; the only thing that’s changed are the aesthetics.
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The humming or reversing noises are universal, though the sounds used may vary depending on the manufacturer.
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And each has its own distinct sound effects, engine and brake noises that match their real cars.
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“Pothers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pothers. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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