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Recent Examples of star-spangled
Many of the iconic works from this time broke precedent by portraying morally ambiguous superheroes who weren’t pure or star-spangled.
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Hazlitt, 21 July 2022
Hazlitt, 21 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for star-spangled
Adjective
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The eventual winner will have to overcome astronomical odds of 1 in 292.2 million to win the Powerball jackpot.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Other astronomical events in August include a Venus-Jupiter conjunction and the visibility of the Dumbbell Nebula.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
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This follows the recent peak of a sturgeon moon and a six-planet celestial parade this past weekend.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Helping guide the way, will be another familiar celestial companion, the moon, shining in its waning gibbous phase.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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The interstellar object, which comes from the center of the Milky Way galaxy, is also expected to pass near to Mars, Venus and Jupiter — something that is also highly improbable to happen at random, according to Loeb.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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These are objects that exist in interstellar space—the areas between stars—and which are not gravitationally bound to any star.—
Shigeyuki Hando,
Wired News,
13 July 2025
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The characters are funny, the aliens are scary, and the story is intimately tied to its South London setting, which director Joe Cornish delighted in turning into an intergalactic battleground.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The setting features humans fighting their way through alien dungeons for the amusement of an intergalactic game show.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Star-spangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/star-spangled. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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