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Recent Examples of round-the-clock
Maher's daughter-in-law, Shahd Arnaout, 25, who lives in Arlington, says Wael required round-the-clock care, and that several family members have tended to him in his father's absence.
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Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
The state spent more than $2 million trying to frighten the wolves away from local ranches with drones, rubber bullets and other nonlethal methods, but the efforts of a round-the-clock team of game wardens and scientists were unsuccessful.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Crews with the Texas Department of Transportation were on day 7, on Tuesday, of round-the-clock shifts in response to the winter weather, officials said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2026
But ultimately, the deployments ended because of esoteric case law and round-the-clock legal preparation and wrangling, according to the Democratic attorneys general from those states.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 15 Jan. 2026
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Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
The state spent more than $2 million trying to frighten the wolves away from local ranches with drones, rubber bullets and other nonlethal methods, but the efforts of a round-the-clock team of game wardens and scientists were unsuccessful.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Crews with the Texas Department of Transportation were on day 7, on Tuesday, of round-the-clock shifts in response to the winter weather, officials said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2026
But ultimately, the deployments ended because of esoteric case law and round-the-clock legal preparation and wrangling, according to the Democratic attorneys general from those states.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for round-the-clock
Adjective
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The alert system puts in place precautions including around-the-clock maintenance of the roadway and possible closure and detours around the Grapevine.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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This is roughly equivalent to a large conventional nuclear reactor which is capable of delivering reliable, around-the-clock power 24 hours a day.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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Comparing the counties by hourly equivalent, among those five counties, Sacramento earn the most at around $88 an hour while El Dorado would earn about $41 an hour with the raise, nearly $5 more than Amador and $8 less than Yolo.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Updates are provided on a nearly hourly basis on TODAY and NBC News, and the sheriff’s news conferences are carried live on the channel.—
Kase Wickman,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
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Inside the Beltway, the chaos is more than just cyclic.—
Philip Kennicott,
Washington Post,
20 Feb. 2026
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And a 2020 study nearly one in five people hospitalized in the United States between 2005 and 2014 for cyclical vomiting syndrome, a broader diagnosis that includes cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, reported using cannabis at the time.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Round-the-clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/round-the-clock. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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