as in to fasten (on)
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Few are better able to explain how mega-stardom and the industry mesh together than Baz, or the (occasionally) cheeky methods needed to get into the most-exclusive soirees.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
23 May 2025 -
In my view, the old ideal doesn’t mesh well with modern longevity.—
Chad Willardson,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Israel launched its campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, which killed some 1,200 people by Israeli tallies and saw 251 hostages abducted into Gaza.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Girl who was subject of Amber Alert found in East Oakland OAKLAND — An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday after a two-year-old girl in the custody of her grandmother was abducted by her biological parents, authorities said.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
21 May 2025
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The film’s synopsis describes a harrowing premise: During the 1978 World Cup soccer final, amid Argentina’s military dictatorship, a group of torturers violently breaks into a home and kidnaps young people to take them to a clandestine detention center.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 May 2025
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In the end, the majority of the 16 U.S. missionaries and one Canadian national who were kidnapped in October 2021 and held for ransom for two months by Haiti’s notorious 400 Mawozo gang were freed only after a $350,000 ransom was paid.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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Advertisement Kilmer had a reputation for being difficult, or at least just eccentric, but his quirks were enmeshed with his talent.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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This 74-episode slow-burn neo-noir mystery series is about a successful young surgeon enmeshed in the underbelly of international crime and politics.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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Most horror flicks entrap their characters in one location or put them in some sort of unique, tense situation (think: satanic possession, or pissing off the wrong truck driver, attracting the wrong person, etc.), but in Final Destination, Death works with the great mundane canvas of ordinary life.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
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Early motherhood entraps them—and their children—in a bleak socioeconomic cycle that’s almost impossible to break.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
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Video, however, showed the boy turning away from an officer, fists unclenched, when he was sprayed in the face.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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There are plenty of ways to fist gently and sensually.—
Quispe López,
Them.,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Spirit (away or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spirit%20%28away%20or%20off%29. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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