as in to beef (up)
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Baird added that interest in luxury homes has increased recently among SpaceX's mid-30s to early-40s employee base, according to California real estate agents.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
13 June 2026 -
Be careful when riding back downtown on a bike, as the hill notoriously increases cycling speed.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
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Third, augment human capabilities with AI, connected architecture and long-term partnerships — with humans always in the lead.—
Harpreet Sidhu,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
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With Ethan Hawke's newbie simmering against the go-for-broke finesse of Denzel Washington's very bad, no-good officer, Training Day revels in tension, with washes of blue and green augmenting scenes where Hawke is bullied into getting high.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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The verbal fight escalated, and then one male produced a firearm and shot the other, police said.—
Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Collection efforts typically start with phone calls and letters and then escalate over time, which means borrowers often have opportunities to address the debt before a creditor reaches the judgment stage.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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With an interim deal for a ceasefire with the United States appearing increasingly likely, Pezeshkian’s domestic challenges may soon multiply.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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When sweat gets trapped in skin folds, Candida quickly multiplies, causing a skin rash.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2026
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If employees are confused about their roles and receiving mixed signals, layering AI on top only amplifies the chaos.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Outside attention on the case spread, in part, over social media posts that amplified the killing in racial terms.—
Jamie Stengle,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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Publix is set to open five new stores by early July, expanding its footprint in Florida and Kentucky as the grocery chain continues steady growth across the Southeast.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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As part of the deal announced Monday, Amazon will work with Corning on a new program to expand a fiber-optic technician training program at Catawba Valley Community College based in Hickory.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
8 June 2026
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Nothing did, so three times over the course of twelve weeks the group bared their arms and allowed strangers to poke them with a needle, through which flowed something new, a substance never before inserted into human bodies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Depositphotos In a new MIT study – in partnership with Purdue, Northwestern, and Duke universities – chemists have discovered that inserting weaker bonds into polystyrene actually makes the material more resistant to damage.—
Shirl Leigh
June 10,
New Atlas,
10 June 2026
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“Swell (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swell%20%28up%29. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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