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Verb
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Their home had backed up to a 300-acre farm that’s now been sliced into subdivisions.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Oct. 2025 -
Ingredients 3 large apples, sliced 1/4-in.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In the late 1830s, as a devastating financial crisis bankrupted antislavery societies across the North, the movement seemed splintered and powerless to keep up its petition pressure campaign.—
Time,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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Piqued by the remarkable results of the far-right National Rally in the European Parliament elections of May 2024, the French president forced a vote in which his party lost seats to the far right and far left, leaving France with a splintered parliament.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For Immunity Garlic contains bioactive compounds such as allicin, which is produced when garlic is crushed or chopped.—
Lana Barhum,
Verywell Health,
22 Oct. 2025
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Gwen chopped all her hair off in between movies.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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No amount of paint can hide cracked plaster, bumps, nail holes, or uneven textures.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Oct. 2025
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There are black-and-white scenes from what appears to be a cracked Biblical drama featuring a levitating monk and, to the particular bafflement of the producer, a dancing Pulcinella.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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At Nashoba Public School, in a rural part of southeast Oklahoma where there’s little else but timber and twisting roads, the roughly 50 kids who make up the elementary and middle grades are taught in split-grade classrooms.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
22 Oct. 2025
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Gill's defense attorney asked instead for a cash bond or split bond, which would allow some of the money paid to be used toward future fines or fees.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis says reaching the center of the wreckage at the exploded ammunition plant will be slow and complex.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The organic boulder-esque shade is rugged and elemental—like an exploded rock wrenched apart by seismic activity—while the base is sleek and symmetrical, providing visual balance in a deep bronze finish.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Ripley spent four movies trying to keep the blasted things off our home world, but those pesky Xenomorphs are coming planetside anyway in Alien: Earth, the new Alien TV series.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Her ballerina background, however, is fairly extraneous, even with De Armas made to stare solemnly at that blasted music box during her rare moments of rest.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Aerial video of the aftermath also showed a red helicopter on its side with a smashed cockpit window and debris scattered over the highway surface.—
Diego Mendoza,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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The cheeseburger is a smashed Fischer Farm Patty with griddled onions, iceberg lettuce, sharp American cheese, pickles and Toasty sauce.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Slivered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slivered. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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