quills

present tense third-person singular of quill

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Verb
  • Any trip to the dark night skies of our Southern California deserts reveals a vista full of wonder and mystery — riddles that astrophysicists like myself spend our days unraveling.
    Steven R. Furlanetto, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Founded in 1777, Lexington is home to both Washington & Lee University and Virginia Military Institute (VMI), and the presence of the universities no doubt plays a part in a cultural richness that punches above its weight class for a tiny town of just 7,000 people.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Russia will not stop unless someone bigger and tougher than them punches him in the nose.
    Michele Kelemen, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Quills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quills. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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