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Adjective
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Gone are the days of matchy-matchy sets, sterile millennial greige, and stark black-and-white color palettes.
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Now, authorities in Texas are releasing sterile flies once more.
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All available dogs have been neutered, spayed, microchipped and vaccinated.
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The rescue group said some of the beagles will go to other rescue groups while others will be sent to its Florida and Alabama campuses where they will be spayed, neutered, and prepared for adoption.
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Affected babies may show symptoms including constipation, poor feeding, drooping eyelid, sluggish pupils, low muscle tone, difficulty sucking and swallowing, weak or altered crying, difficulty breathing, and generalized weakness.
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Sleep talking, formally called somniloquy, from the Latin somnus (sleep) and loqui (to speak), is one of the most common altered behaviors in human sleep.
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Earlier this month, on Monday, June 8, Municipal Court Judge Louis Sancinito found Lowe guilty of possessing the deer without a permit, interfering with a conservation officer attempting to confiscate the animal, and having Rudy illegally castrated.
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Seemingly to help stave off temptation, a half dozen of the 18 male cult members who died had been surgically castrated, according to The New York Times, including Applewhite.
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No matter what agenda the president espoused—the economic pragmatism of Rafsanjani, the liberal aspirations of Mohammad Khatami, the populist provocations of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the nuclear diplomacy of Hassan Rouhani—Khamenei emasculated him.
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Jordan continues yapping about being emasculated and being less of a man for staying with his wife.
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“Sterilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilized. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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