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Recent Examples of rubber
Think timeless toys like sand, rubber balls, jump rope, and cardboard boxes.
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Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 6 Nov. 2025
Demand for rubber sandal spiked 34 percent as consumers took the beach basic to the streets this summer.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
The look is finished off with an icy translucent rubber outsole.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
That means if someone hits one of its barriers and damages it, it can be ground back down to crumb rubber and reassembled into a brand-new product.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
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Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 6 Nov. 2025
Demand for rubber sandal spiked 34 percent as consumers took the beach basic to the streets this summer.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
The look is finished off with an icy translucent rubber outsole.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
That means if someone hits one of its barriers and damages it, it can be ground back down to crumb rubber and reassembled into a brand-new product.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubber
Noun
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Yet without a single footwork adjustment, Cherki trots up and nonchalantly whips a half-volley into the top corner.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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Notice how this is an artful volley around the table?—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Democrat Taylor Rehmet and Republican Leigh Wambsganss are headed to a runoff in the race to fill the vacant District 9 state Senate seat, with Rehmet winning the most votes overall in the historically red area.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Nov. 2025
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Miami-Dade County Commissioner Eileen Higgins and former Miami City Manager Emilio González are headed to a runoff in the Miami mayor’s race after neither candidate managed to secure more than 50% of the vote Tuesday night.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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At least a half-dozen people described an emotional seesaw they were put through by weeks of contradictory UPS tracking updates about their shipments.—
Kayla Steinberg,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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Carolina is coming off a 27-24 seesaw win versus the Miami Dolphins.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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There was probably some Team Canada regret that Wilson wasn’t on the 4 Nations roster, particularly for nine specific seconds of a certain round-robin game.—
Chris Johnston,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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The victory gave Navy (5-0) a leg up in holding on to the Commander-in-Chief's trophy, awarded to the winner of the round-robin between the Navy, Air Force and Army service academies.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Highly active world Enceladus is a highly active world, with a global, salty sub-surface ocean, believed to be the source of its heat.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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But like the plants and animals facing new heat and drought challenges at the edge of a northward-shifting Sonoran Desert, sometimes things work in one configuration until conditions change just a little too much.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Context Jankavski's sudden death has left her fans reeling.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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After initially being classified as a sudden death report, the investigation is now being classed as a murder case, the outlet stated, citing local police chief Datuk Fadil Marsus.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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An Emerson College poll in September showed the race in a dead heat at 43%.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Oct. 2025
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New Jersey Democrat Mikie Sherrill, meanwhile, is in a dead heat against Republican Jack Ciattarelli based on recent polling in that race.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Kenyan runners dominated the 54th annual event Sunday, with Benson Kipruto pulling off an unbelievable photo finish to win the men’s championship and Hellen Obiri taking home the women’s win and setting a course record in the process.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
2 Nov. 2025
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Kenya’s Benson Kipruto crossed the finish line a split second in front of Alexander Mutiso in a photo finish.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Rubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubber. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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