as in to tidy (up)
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About 40 celebrities who are in Kansas City for the Big Slick Celebrity Weekend, a fundraiser for Children’s Mercy Hospital, made up the softball teams that squared off against each other for four innings of play.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2025 -
Editor’s picks People who identify as transgender make up an extremely small portion of the LGBTQ+ umbrella, with market research group Ipsos estimating around one percent of adults globally are trans.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
31 May 2025
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Regalado champions proposal The unorthodox proposal, drawn up by a prize-winning Miami planning firm, paid for by a prominent Miami developer and backed by Key Biscayne residents and public officials, has been embraced in hard-charging fashion by Miami-Dade Commissioner Raquel Regalado.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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As cars drew up to its new factory, a squad of men and women in black suits swiftly offered black umbrellas to shield the arrivals from the rain.—
Kathleen Beckett,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Other videos show encounters with United Nations’ convoys in the same area. Israel – and in particular Netanyahu – has never laid out clear plans for what governance and security in Gaza might look like if or when Hamas is defeated.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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Yet the findings revealed nothing like the elaborate espionage operation that Drumright had laid out.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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Eleven Australia Flyaway Hair Balm, $27; amazon.com Best for Frizz Get control of errant hairs—and even groom your brows—with this clear moisturizing and humidity-fighting gel.—
Jackie Fields,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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The roster has been carefully cultivated, players have been methodically groomed; broadcast contracts have been negotiated and sponsorships signed, all in the hopes of the U.S. making a deep run next summer.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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“Straighten (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straighten%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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