Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spindles
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Surveillance data from the past several flu seasons shows upticks in flu in January and February after late December spikes.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026 -
Flexible, unrestricted funding helps nonprofits weather uncertainty, retain talent, and respond when demand spikes.—
Cat Ward,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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But this is not the substance of the speech that sticks.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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Consistently entertaining and loopy (pardon the pun) Tales From the Loop is a visual feast that hits the ground running and sticks the landing.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
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State Road 2 runs through the middle of Lowell and its downtown area.—
Anna Ortiz,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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The deal runs through the 2032 season and includes a club option for 2033.—
HECTOR AMEZCUA,
Sacbee.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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From Breaking Bad to Fight Club, the misinterpretation of media that skewers the male power fantasy is well established, and the long-gestating HBO sleeper hit Industry, now in its senior season, is no exception to the literacy crisis.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
19 Jan. 2026
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Tracy’s script skewers the hollow moral language of powerful corporate elites like Stone’s character, while also probing the anger and alienation driving Teddy and Don, treating their bonkers beliefs with both satire and unsettling flashes of emotional truth.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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But Anderson punctures his weed haze with the bright light of a past that in actuality never dimmed, when Lockjaw begins to hunt Pat and Willa.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
24 Nov. 2025
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Recounting his visit with Shelton’s body after she’d been taken off of life support in From Bleak to Dark, Maron punctures the somber scene with a joke about taking a selfie.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Milo tries to be a hero, trying to use pepper spray on Morgan, but Morgan stabs and kills him.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
21 Jan. 2026
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Percy, now carrying the Golden Fleece, runs toward the elevator, but Luke stabs him through the closing doors.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Here, the versatile actor portrays Mother Ann with kinetic religious fervor and an ethereal quality that all but transfixes you during the course of the 2¼-hour film.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Pretti then spits on the SUV and kicks out the vehicle's passenger-side taillight.—
Kevin Ko,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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An opportunity to see the Wu-Tang live in Amsterdam turns into a through-the-looking-glass moment when Azzougarh gets pulled onstage and spits some original rhymes, which gets him the nod to go talk to RZA.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Spindles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spindles. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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