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Verb
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Reiner, with his head shaved and a scruffy goatee, wore a yellow prison top with blue prison pants.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026 -
Shortly after revealing her diagnosis in February 2025, Mellencamp shaved her head to prep for surgery to remove a few of the tumors.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The communications pole that was sheared in the April 2025 crash that left 19-year-old Preston Obeidin dead near Temecula.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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When money is received, the group works with wildlife managers if a location needs to be sheared, burned or bulldozed.—
Andrew Weeks,
Twin Cities,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Benintendi's two-run double off Nick Sandlin (0-1) trimmed the Angels' lead to one.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Benintendi’s two-run double off Nick Sandlin (0-1) trimmed the Angels’ lead to one.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Christopher Bell, an Oklahoma native who considers Texas his home track, led 22 laps and was still near the front on lap 69 when he got clipped by Todd Gilliland, who spun ahead of him.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 May 2026
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Edmundson, who’d lost MacKinnon on his first goal, atoned by receiving Kempe’s pass in the high slot and flicking a shot that clipped Wedgewood on its way into the net.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That could happen again, and oil prices pared some of their steepest losses from Wednesday morning.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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The podcast also serves as a thread connecting to the brand’s soft relaunch on Wednesday, which will introduce a new but pared-down Vice News website.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
Verb
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This light matching set includes a sleeveless mock-neck top and wide-leg pants that are both cropped enough to work as full-length styles on me and my mom.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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The once-famous dark mane has gone white and is neatly cropped and the bushy mustache is now just a brush of hair below his nose.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Dead fish bobbed on the river’s surface as wastewater ran off directly into the Conasauga.—
DYLAN JACKSON,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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Crews then raced to recover the astronauts aboard the vehicle, which bobbed for a few hours in the Pacific Ocean near California.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Once detected, disease should be pruned out several inches below the infected area.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Specimens in containers can be pruned to just 3 feet tall if needed.—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
2 May 2026
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“Skived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skived. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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