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plural of steady

as in flames

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verb

present tense third-person singular of steady

as in underlies

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Noun

An off-duty KCPD detective and a Clay County sheriff’s deputy immediately jumped into action last week after spotting a Ford F-150 pickup truck engulfed in flames along Interstate 35 — and the whole thing was caught on camera.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026
Lemmo Lemmo's gone with a 960-Wh semi-solid state battery, which reportedly allows for up to 110 miles (180 km) of range and won't go up in flames from punctures or thermal runaway incidents.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026

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Permafrost, a layer of ground made up of soil, rock and sediment, underlies nearly 15% of the land surface in the Northern Hemisphere.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
The same principle underlies brainwriting, a technique that reliably outperforms conventional brainstorming.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of underlies

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In the visual, Karol and Mars portray lovers once again — and even share a dramatic, firework-spurring embrace at the end.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026
Withholding his feelings and observations from family and lovers while sharing them with the outside world, Chen traces variations of longing and desire.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

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Her work reflects a deep commitment to standing with the people whose labor sustains communities across California.

— The Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
The lake creates a temperate microclimate that sustains one of the country’s most productive fruit-growing regions—and makes this the best possible place to forget a packed lunch.

— Mike Norton, Midwest Living, 26 Sep. 2026

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In honor of the show’s 65th anniversary, here’s a look at the real-life loves of the cast of The Dick Van Dyke Show.

— Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2026
Her joke was seemingly a reference to how the Owens sisters in the original film are cursed to watch all of their loves die.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 Sep. 2026

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