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Verb
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This, if possible, blows up in her face even more spectacularly than the brunch fiasco.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2026 -
Cool, chaotic, and hyper-curious, Xav blows up his sound without losing his style.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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With their songs, colors, and variety, birds enrich our lives … and recent studies show that their immediate presence actually increases our well-being and happiness and can even prolong our lives!—
Seth Borenstein,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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This increases your sensitivity to dietary cholesterol, which is found in eggs.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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All of it ultimately rolls up to the performance of individual clinics.—
Michael Wystrach,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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The buy is the crux of the role and everything rolls up into it.—
Raj Dhiman,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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This happens when water in front of the tire builds up faster than the vehicle's weight can push water out of the way.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
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This happens when water in front of the tire builds up faster than the vehicle's weight can push water out of the way.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2026
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Mar. 2026
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In reality, policymakers decide whether revenue rises faster than assessments, slower than assessments, or not at all.—
Martha E. Stark,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Their croaking involves pushing air over vocal cords into a thin membrane known as a vocal sac that inflates under the chin.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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An avalanche airbag backpack that inflates after the skier pulls the trigger giving the person a chance to stay above or close to the surface during an avalanche.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Sauté morel mushrooms about five minutes or until golden brown and crispy.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Feb. 2026
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The investigation mushrooms Bock, the Feeding Our Future founder whom prosecutors called the mastermind of the fraud, was found guilty in March 2025.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
11 Jan. 2026
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The partnership between the HR leaders and top technologists like the CTO and chief information officer has become much more critical as AI usage proliferates across the workplace.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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This type of scam proliferates around the holidays, when consumers make more online purchases and shippers deal with higher-than-normal volumes of packages, Visa notes.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
20 Nov. 2025
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“Puffs (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puffs%20%28up%29. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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