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Noun
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From a practical standpoint, outstate cities, towns and hamlets either could not or did not want to spend more taxpayer money on new flags and seals and new paint jobs for public equipment.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
2 May 2026 -
The predators also have a varied diet, including fish, seals, sea lions, dolphins, rays, and smaller sharks.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Another distinction is its saddle and seatpost, which form a unit that plugs into a corner of the square motor/battery assembly.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
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For older systems, travelers can purchase additional accessories like AirFly, which plugs into the headphone jack and connects to wireless headphones via Bluetooth.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Nearby is the Harvey Nichols Clinic, which offers a variety of aesthetic and therapeutic beauty services by brands including Dr Motox, which is known for bespoke treatments and noninvasive injectables, fillers and facials.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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Use trailing varieties as spillers or to fill hanging baskets, and mounding varieties as gorgeous fillers.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
2 May 2026
Verb
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To address this, Ivo uses a multi-step pipeline that chains together more than 400 model calls for each contract review.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Tokyo Central is owned by Japanese company Pan Pacific Retail Management, which also runs the grocery chains Gelson’s and Don Quijote.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The combination has allowed dense patches of fog to form inland, particularly in areas farther from the coast.—
Lissette Gonzalez,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Tablets like Dramamine take up almost no space in your bag, but there are plenty of alternatives, too, like ginger chews or motion sickness patches.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But then maybe Embiid blocks him from behind.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
4 May 2026
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Leadership cowardice blocks our connection to that top level — the why.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Bad things happen when an AI chatbot latches onto one of your neuroses.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
8 Apr. 2026
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As the Ivorian latches onto the through pass, Ryan Longman appears into shot, finishing first-time from a cutback to put the away side into the lead.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Each of these boxes contains a dozen Belgian chocolates in a range of flavors and fillings, including milk chocolate nougat, pistachio, caramel, and hazelnut.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
1 May 2026
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The fillings are seemingly endless and every flavor's better than the last.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Stoppers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoppers. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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