as in dumping
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
bad habits are hard to shuck off
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Fillman and his diving instructor tapped into their survival instincts by dumping their heavy diving gear and tanks and tying themselves together with their remaining gear to prevent them from drifting apart.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026 -
Polls show voters give him poor marks on the issue and are leaning toward dumping his Republican allies in the forthcoming midterm congressional elections.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Nataliia had gone to the bus station, where soldiers were spraying foam to contain the nuclear fallout, and to the hospital, where men in white coats were unloading victims on stretchers from the backs of ambulances.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Hauler has no cab (essentially a self-driving platform) and is designed for 40-foot and 53-foot shipping containers and runs dock-to-dock—unloading at the destination rather than dropping a trailer and leaving.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Gaff agreed, and ultimately sampled a few flavors while discarding each piece of gum into small cups with lids, the outlet reported.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Refresh plants in fall by harvesting and discarding the outer leaves to initiate new growth.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
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Kansas City is ditching a city code that long required new development to include a certain amount of parking space, which helped turn a significant portion of the city’s usable land into surface-level parking lots.—
Dylan Lysen,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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The video comes just days after Hudson pulled off a subtle hair transformation, ditching her boho waves for something sleeker.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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McIlroy at least steadied himself after losing the lead.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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The overwhelming grief of losing a child became even worse when a detective gave her a notebook from Audree’s locker.—
Meena Duerson,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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Instead of throwing away scraps, repurpose them, Scarpaleggia recommended.—
Hali Smith
April 20,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Apr. 2026
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Even a smaller household throwing away a fraction of that is losing real money, and on a fixed income, that matters.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Shucking (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shucking%20%28off%29. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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