as in singly
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Understanding Squash Vine Borers The adult female moths lay small reddish-brown disc-like eggs (about 1mm in diameter) singly at the base of each plant stem, depositing about 200 eggs during her lifetime.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
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Runners singly crisscross the street in black balaclavas and tight-fitting black tops and black tights and black gloves.—
Joseph O’Neill,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
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Emergency responders recovered a body from the East River Friday night, the second to surface in the same day amid search efforts for two teenagers who are separately believed to have drowned last week.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
7 June 2025
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The battle royale between the world’s most powerful man and its richest inhabitant appears to be mostly over, save for some residual skirmishing on the social media platforms separately owned by Trump and Musk.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Nearly half of all infants are not exclusively breastfed, and over 1 million children suffer from anemia.—
Maryanne Murray Buechner,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Olsen, who quietly welcomed a son with her husband in 2023, starred alongside Sweetin in Full House from 1987 to 1995 Sweetin exclusively spoke to PEOPLE on June 5 before a live record of her How Rude, Tanneritos!—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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Build Safety Through Regulation, Not Just Reflection Understanding your attachment style can bring powerful insight but insight alone doesn’t rewire your patterns.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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In an empty warehouse somewhere, McKenna leaves Stabler alone with Vincent Mathis, Emery’s thug.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
12 June 2025
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The Coliseum has shifted the tournament to the west coast for the first time after games previously were played solely in Dallas, the hub of American cricket, and a small ground in Morrisville, North Carolina.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Romantic comedies have always existed almost solely for pleasure’s sake—that’s what’s great about them.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
13 June 2025
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“Solitarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solitarily. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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