Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spindles
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Collating evidence of rigging becomes near-impossible when police road spikes and armored cars block every exit.—
Charles Onyango-Obbo,
semafor.com,
12 Jan. 2026 -
Early in January, attraction spikes within your social circles or through a connection that feels easy, familiar and exciting all at once.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Research in habit formation consistently shows that behavior sticks when it is tied to context cues, environment and routine rather than motivation alone.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
1 Jan. 2026
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Let’s hope the finale sticks the landing.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
30 Dec. 2025
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Young has $95 million remaining on his deal that runs through the 2026-27 season, which includes a player option this offseason.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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The road to the Super Bowl runs through Colfax.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Nicholson portrays a delusional stalker whom viewers will warm to, while Weaving skewers celebrity culture.—
Tiffany Kelly,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Jan. 2026
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The citizen in you laughs heartily as this film, a tragicomedy, skewers the hypocrisies and ironies of the repressed West.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2025
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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
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The suspect pounces on Ennin while the victim is down and stabs him multiple times before running off.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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After Fiona confesses to killing Willem, a raging Constance stabs Dahlia.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Dec. 2025
Verb
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All the while, Combs spits a few bars in a distorted baritone about his late mother’s passing.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
17 Nov. 2025
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The site spits back a raft of possibilities.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Nov. 2025
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The robot picks unsorted bearing rings and places them onto a buffer table.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Our top picks start at $16, with some even on sale, too.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Spindles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spindles. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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