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Recent Examples of sufficedFor most, this would have sufficed for nautical recreation.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
26 June 2026 The contact looked incidental and accidental, not forceful and deliberate, and a free kick sufficed.—
Graham Scott,
New York Times,
19 June 2026 He is entitled, dismissive and will go out of his way to say something cruel and condescending when nothing at all would have sufficed.—ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026 Everybody was on their best behavior Monday night, with the possible exception of one crucial play, and the clutch shot-making of Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander more than sufficed as great theater.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026 Pointing out that Jeanty has recorded 6, 8 and 6 receptions in his last three games would have probably sufficed at the case for this prop bet.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Dec. 2025 While there has been a boom in development, demand hasn’t sufficed to fill them.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
25 Nov. 2025 Soon, though, Shahn began to doubt whether such pleasant, inoffensive paintings sufficed.—
Nicole Rudick,
The New York Review of Books,
2 Oct. 2025 Face-to-face sales are needed where online contracts once sufficed.—
Alla Adam,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Roughly a decade ago, Stapleton served as Guns N’ Roses’ one-off opener at the band’s concert at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium concert in July 2016.
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Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2026
The grilled Spam and cheese sliders ($16), with thin slices of Spam seared crisp served on Hawaiian buns with pineapple-jalapeno chutney, are a flavor bomb.