spindle

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Recent Examples of spindle The Safavieh Parker Dining Chairs are the perfect mix of farmhouse and transitional style with their durable oak wood frame and spindle flat-back design. Sanah Faroke, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for spindle
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Verb
  • Begonia Botanical Name: Begonia spp Sun Exposure: Part to full shade Soil Type: Rich, well-draining, slightly moist Soil pH: Acidic Begonias come in an array of types and bloom colors from white to red to salmon to pink.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 16 May 2025
  • In shades ranging from white to pink to fire-engine red, geraniums produce upright blooms all summer long until the first frost.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Humans have used projectile weapons like rocks and spears from the beginning.
    David Yamane, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
  • As Ciampa dangled, Dawkins leaped from the ladder and speared Ciampa down through a table that was set up beneath him.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • If unresolved in two more weeks, lancing the lesion, doing a punch biopsy, or removing it might end up needing to be done.
    Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 25 May 2025
  • Her symptoms were pretty challenging—a series of painful nodules that needed to be lanced and drained.
    Julia Ries, SELF, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • What does that do to people’s psyches that had served their country and now they’re being spit at?
    Ashley Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
  • Time and time again, the AI spit out images that were strikingly, unmistakably...
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.
    Mallory Creveling, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
Verb
  • The deal runs through the 2031-32 season when Spoelstra will be 61, and the 2031-32 season would also be his 24th season as the Heat’s head coach.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
  • The Royal Flush tour will currently run through August 30, concluding in Bethel, New York.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • Food For Subscribers Notable L.A. restaurant closures spiked in 2024.
    Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
  • Treasury bond yields spiked recently as buyers vanished.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • And while other candidates have brought up the allegations and hit at Cuomo's record, no one attack seems to be sticking, and polling shows that Cuomo remains the front-runner.
    Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 4 June 2025
  • Only a year ago, Google released AI Overviews, a search feature that told users to eat rocks and use glue to stick cheese to pizza.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025

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“Spindle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spindle. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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