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as in disinfected
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as in romanticized
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While Shrek pouts about missing his solo ogre days, the dastardly Rumpelstiltskin takes advantage, offering him a contract to relive that romanticized time in his life — for a day.—
Skyler Trepel September 1,
EW.com,
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His newfound precarity is not romanticized, it is presented as the necessary alternative to a less suitable path.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 2025
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Guy will not see the Verdun purged of unexploded ordnance in his lifetime.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Recently, some Guard troops have been tasked with picking up trash and spreading mulch, jobs that have been neglected after Musk’s DOGE task force purged a significant portion of the federal workforce.—
Daniel C. Vock,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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These values were generally shared by his employers at Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets, organisations idealized as the polar opposite of Emperor Palpatine's authoritarian dictatorship from a galaxy far, far away.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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This innovation purified the Ohio River water so well that the number of deaths from typhoid fever declined by 60% in 1909.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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The water is contained and continually purified and reused.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Aug. 2025
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That independence is crucial for thorough, unbiased assessments and findings based solely on evidence, rather than sugarcoated conclusions that Congress or the president wants.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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Opened in 1946, the diner was the first in the city to hire African Americans in front-of-house roles during a time when racial tensions were heightened, and its inclusive legacy has lived on.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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Utilities are reduced in phases, while security is often heightened and maintenance pared down to essentials.—
Kristin Mueller,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Harvard’s athletics website has scrubbed from its pages a policy pledging inclusion for transgender athletes.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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Bases have been renamed, transgender soldiers have been banned and military websites have been scrubbed of posts honoring contributions by women and minorities.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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Chinese policymakers have intensified efforts aimed at reining in excessive price cuts that have eroded corporate profits while doing little to spur demand.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Oli's government lifted the ban after protests intensified on Monday, with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament.—
Gopal Sharma,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Sanitized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitized. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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