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verb

present tense third-person singular of pulp

as in mashes

to cause to become a pulpy mass pulped three oranges to get their juice

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noun

plural of pulp

as in novels

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This time round, Horvat is on to something even more deliciously odd with a study that mashes together grief, matrimonial disharmony, the alien nature of mathematical minds, and desire’s wild pursuit of obscure objects.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Starling Marte mashes one The hometown fans, who appeared to be outnumbered among the 24,225 at The K, had something to cheer in the fourth inning.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026

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Heather Rose is the Australian author of seven novels including her latest novel The Museum of Modern Love published this month by Algonquin.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair.

— Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

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That pulse crushes the fuel, driving its atoms to unite and release their own huge amount of energy, whose nature and effects scientists can study.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Jason fires a 3-D harpoon into the eye of Vera Sanchez (Catherine Parks), and later crushes the skull of Rick Bombay (Paul Kratka), causing his eyes to pop out.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

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Instead, much of the ISM appears to be unstable — a finding that directly contradicts the leading theoretical models taught in textbooks.

— Perri Thaler, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
The academy had offered a range of experiences, from the Dinosaur Hall to its butterfly garden, and provided generations of visitors with opportunities to explore science beyond classrooms and textbooks.

— Lili Mei Granda Argianas, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026

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When the user presses their finger on the part of the patch that contains the wet fabric, the pressure squeezes the water out of the material, down one of the microfluidic channels, and into the foaming agent chamber.

— Ben Coxworth October 23, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
In the aerodynamic phenomenon known as ground effect, proximity to that surface squeezes air beneath a craft’s wings to reduce drag and boost lift, with far less propulsive power required than for high-altitude flight.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2026

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The Babysitter not only marks the fourth film in an ongoing partnership between the streamer and the prolific children’s horror author, but also the first not based on a short from Stine’s Nightmare Hour or Haunting Hour anthologies.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
That said, there’s something about being held captive inside another person’s questionable taste that can really work for certain horror anthologies, and the director at least comes off wonderfully playful here.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026

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