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Recent Examples of sit
Under the 1922 Salomón–Lozano Treaty, Colombia ceded large tracts of Andean territory to Peru, while gaining the city of Leticia — which sits directly across the river from Santa Rosa — and its crucial access to the Amazon River.
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Isa Cardona, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Things have been heated before, of course, not least on Taiwan’s outlying islands, some of whom sit less than 2 miles from the PRC.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Because Teddy believes that the woman sitting before him, freshly shorn and covered in pasty white lotion, is not of this Earth.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
The Broncos sit atop the AFC West with a 5-2 record, thanks in part to sprinkles of pixie dust.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
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Isa Cardona, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Things have been heated before, of course, not least on Taiwan’s outlying islands, some of whom sit less than 2 miles from the PRC.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Because Teddy believes that the woman sitting before him, freshly shorn and covered in pasty white lotion, is not of this Earth.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
The Broncos sit atop the AFC West with a 5-2 record, thanks in part to sprinkles of pixie dust.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit
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Alker set the front-nine and back-nine records last year with a pair of matching 31s for a tournament record 62 in the first round.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Oct. 2025
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Neither has given an indication of leaving the team or the sport, and most of next year’s F1 grid is set.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Usiripalli is accused of lunging at the second victim, who was seated to the right of the first victim, and stabbed him.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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Usiripalli allegedly stabbed the teen who was sleeping in the left clavicle with a metal fork, then lunged at another 17-year-old seated nearby, striking him in the back of the head with the same utensil, per the release.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Israel’s offensive in Gaza, launched in response to the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas’s attack on southern Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and laid waste to swaths of territory.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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By the end of March 2018 Aydın seemed unsure whether to try to clear his name or lay low, vacillating between the two strategies.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Herrera is forced to stand picture-perfect for several seconds while the venue falls silent.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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This can range from where to stand to create passing lanes to how quickly or slowly to travel in possession — as Elliott harshly discovered against Sunderland.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The husband stood numbly by, watching Qing Yuan complete the form, then shuffled out to squat against the wall to smoke.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Maintaining the tugboat became cumbersome, and three Zizian members opted to move into box trucks before squatting in a Bay Area trailer lot owned by Curtis Lind, then age 80, a former shipworker and grandfather of four.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Oct. 2025
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China has been building the world’s largest navy, launching high-tech warships at a frenetic pace under the leadership of Xi Jinping, putting pressure on the United States and its Pacific allies to keep pace.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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In addition to Hermitage Farm, Laura Lee Brown and Wilson, who also founded the 21c Museum Hotel chain, have put more than 2,400 acres of land in agriculture conservation easements in Oldham County.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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The annual phenomenon sees millions of crimson-red crustaceans clattering across roads from their forest dwellings to the island's shores to spawn their eggs.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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This is not even the first time in the past year that Tyler’s old material has resurfaced online, spawning a familiar ouroboros of online discourse, shrouded in the language of accountability and well-meaning politics, that mostly serves to feed the beast of online engagement.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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There was a casino, Grandy said.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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There aren't a ton of great options in free agency, though there may not be too many choices at all via trade either, as most teams have their starter and backup quarterbacks locked in and won't be looking to part with either at this point in the year.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Sit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sit. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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