as in coward
a person without strength of character
the congresswoman is but a reed who bends whichever way the political winds are blowing
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Recent Examples of reed
Use reed diffusers or room sprays to keep your bathroom smelling fresh without constant cleaning.
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Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
31 May 2026
Since mom already has the candle version, gift her the matching reed diffuser to have her fave scent coursing through her space on a regular basis.
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Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
1 May 2026
On the Peruvian side, travelers can visit the Uros floating islands, the artificial islets woven from totora reeds and home to communities that have lived here for centuries, then settle into a rustic homestay at Amantaní for a quieter look at life on the lake.
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Carla Vianna,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
Blood is as much a part of this landscape as the honeysuckle reeds.
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Keith Sharon,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for reed
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
31 May 2026
Since mom already has the candle version, gift her the matching reed diffuser to have her fave scent coursing through her space on a regular basis.
—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
1 May 2026
On the Peruvian side, travelers can visit the Uros floating islands, the artificial islets woven from totora reeds and home to communities that have lived here for centuries, then settle into a rustic homestay at Amantaní for a quieter look at life on the lake.
—
Carla Vianna,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
Blood is as much a part of this landscape as the honeysuckle reeds.
—
Keith Sharon,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for reed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reed
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Fishback showed up at a Donalds campaign event in Lake City on Saturday with a bunch of supporters, shouting through a bullhorn that Donalds was a coward for not debating him and telling him to go back to New York, a reference to Donalds’ childhood in Brooklyn.
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Tyland may have gotten Triarchy pirate Admiral Sharako Lohar on Team Green’s side, but at his core this man is a coward.
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Some organisms are subjected to passive locomotion, carried by water or air (jellyfish, spiders), while many parasites (from ticks to hookworms) ride on or inside other animals.
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However, it's thought that jellyfish remain in the region, and Amelia's mom wants to get the message out there.
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Ono’s transgressive instincts are evident early on in the exhibition, with Painting to be Stepped On (1960), which, true to its name, is a piece of canvas spread on the floor like a doormat.
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Beat or hose down doormats and outdoor rugs.
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Because while a mouse embryo can race through major developmental changes in a matter of hours or days, catshark embryos develop over roughly 175 days, giving researchers an unusually detailed window into transitional stages that are normally difficult to capture in rapidly-developing mammals.
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Researchers at the Guha Lab at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, ran a preclinical mouse study published in Nature Communications.
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Other animals that have been infested include sheep, goats and a dog.
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The 30 x 5-minute episode show sees Bitzer the sheep dog tasked with getting Timmy and his two best friends, Yabba and Apricot, to Mossy Bottom School safe and on time each morning against the odds, with the group regularly side-tracked on route.
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“Reed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reed. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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