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shoves (off)

verb

present tense third-person singular of shove (off)

as in exits

to leave a place often for another time to shove off for home

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Her chances at having a baby only seemed to worsen in 2014, when a colorectal surgeon attempted to reposition her stoma — an opening in the abdomen through which waste exits the body — to make pregnancy possible, but the surgery was unsuccessful.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
The werewolf’s victims reappear in hallucinations completely drenched in blood, while the hugely likable Griffin Dunne exits in spectacular fashion, totally ripped to shreds.

— Vulture Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

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As part of its process, the powered gimbal moves the image around in the general direction the projector's already facing, stopping the movement several times in the process before continuing, and adjusting the image size several times as well.

— M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Flight testing moves forward L3Harris has reached the second phase of the Army’s Xtended Range Counter-sUAS Missile program.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of moves

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Its new incarnation features design contributions from Schrager and British minimalist designer John Pawson and departs from upscale boutique hotel tradition in several ways.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
DeMarco, who joined the Liberty last November after 14 years as an assistant with the Golden State Warriors, now departs from the team after it got outplayed by the Dream.

— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026

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As the plasma gets hotter, its nuclei move faster, and a greater proportion of encounters occur at energies favorable for fusion.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
The background street gets wildly warped from distortion, and anything outside of the center suffers some detail loss.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of gets

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Halfway through, Brill pulls out a machine that fills the stage with foam, submerging the actors in a cumulus of bubbles.

— Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The video is analyzed for quality—Birdbuddy looks for clips with good poses and exposure, pulls out a few still images from the video, and sends it to the app as a Postcard.

— Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 27 Sep. 2026

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As Connecticut digs out after a historic Nor’easter dumped over two feet of snow across parts of the state this week, the question municipalities are tasked with now is where to put it.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
Jonathan Ernst/Reuters As the East Coast digs out from a massive snowstorm, a potential nor'easter could bring more snow to the region this weekend.

— Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026

Definition of digs out

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Feed your head Neagley gets off to a sluggish start, with a workmanlike, rather clumsy first episode largely spent establishing the main characters and central plot—and the writers lean a bit too hard on constant Chicago callbacks.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
But if Jackson gets off to a slow start under a new coaching staff, including first-time play-caller Declan Doyle, there’s room to fall.

— Jeff Howe, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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