skylark

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Verb
  • The boat therefore needed metal or plastic cages installed around the engines, so that the diver wouldn’t get accidentally cut up by their blades — and finding a boat and then the right cages fit onto the boat would take time.
    Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Techniques like this have been around for some time, but Micro-C uses an enzyme that can cut up DNA more finely than before.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • He's played Dante Falconeri on the soap since 2009 and has appeared in over 1,600 episodes as the mob boss.
    Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Betts made a Gold Glove finalist-worthy play for the first out – ranging into the hole to make a backhand play then a jump throw to first.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yet the feeling that the Red Sox proved everyone wrong prompted him to revel, too.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Gattuso reveled as his side broke the deadlock when Moise Kean headed in Mateo Retegui’s flick-on in the 58th minute.
    David Ferrini, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • In 2019, Lung made a deal with Pop Mart, a company that caters to toy connoisseurs and influencers, to sell the figurines.
    Fortune, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • On the heels of his success with Outer Banks, Lilah's father began to toy around with the idea of a show that details the origin story of a band, which would eventually turn into The Runarounds.
    Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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  • Running or horsing around with sparklers can also cause injuries and burns when users trip and fall.
    Justin Laube, EverydayHealth.com, 2 July 2025
  • Heath Ryan, who represented Australia in dressage at the 2008 Olympics, can be seen in the video – which the rider said is about two years old – hitting a horse around 40 times.
    Matias Grez, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
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  • That journey resulted in plenty of dishes that show off the bold flavors of the region.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Bar Italia are definitely not shy about showing off their moody rock influences — a little Slowdive, a lot of the Cure, plenty of the Velvets and Spacemen 3 and Sonic Youth.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bieber struck out eight Mariners, roaring after striking out Raleigh to end the fifth and bouncing back to the dugout when his final inning finished.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The crowd roared in jubilation and waved blue-and-white Israeli flags.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Its general sensibility seems more Superstore than The Office, down to the interstitial montages of customers acting up in the perpetually overcrowded waiting room.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Sturm said his back started acting up after the team’s first practice.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Skylark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skylark. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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