spirit (away or off)

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Verb
  • Fast forward to today’s AI race, and Bloom’s products just so happen to mesh with the needs of the data center boom that’s starving for massive power generation growth very quickly.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This, too, meshes with the politics of the time, given the lure that Canada had for those fleeing the draft, and the dangers faced by refuseniks who stayed behind.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Incredibly, the two were separated after they were abducted.
    Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • He was abducted from the Nova festival after risking his life to help others escape the attack.
    Itay Stern, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • He was kidnapped from the Nova music festival alongside his friend Guy Gilboa Dalal.
    Itay Stern, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Among the 20 believed to be alive, Eitan Horn, who was kidnapped from kibbutz Nir Oz while visiting his brother on October the 7th.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Eliza had been enmeshed in world-historical events through the careers of her father and her husband.
    Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Last month, Zerohash raised $104 million in funding from financial firms including Morgan Stanley and Interactive Brokers, part of its strategy to enmesh itself with banks and brokers that are building crypto products.
    Hugh Son, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Courts have sometimes concluded the government's conduct was outrageous when police have used brutality against a defendant or government agents entrapped a defendant.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The Eagles, at times, struggled to entrap the eighth-year veteran quarterback.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 29 Sep. 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 19 Oct. 2025.

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