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Recent Examples of teeth
Games like the Broncos’ wild, 27-26, skin-of-their-teeth overtime win against Washington.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teeth
Noun
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Thankfully, no nighttime cookies or chocolates await kids to destroy little appetites, and their folks’ patience.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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Over the past couple of years, as millions of Americans began taking these GLP-1s — and as appetites have shrunk — restaurants started to notice.—
Allyson Reedy,
Denver Post,
11 Feb. 2026
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Michigan residents, particularly those in Metro Detroit, not only adopted the treat as a local favorite but promoted the idea to a wider audience and invented cultural crossover tastes.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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According to Veit, the idea that kids are naturally neophobic, or wary of new tastes, is a myth.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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That’s where the storytelling shines.—
Christopher Claxton,
Billboard,
14 Jan. 2026
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From Mexico to India While essential in Italian cooking, tomato paste shines in Middle Eastern, Mexican, Indian, and American comfort foods.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
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These movies have the extraordinary merit of putting the passions of love and the obstacles to relationships front and center, balancing personal desires and social obligations on an equal footing, and thereby lending bourgeois life the grandeur of tragedy.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
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No matter what year you were born in, the year of the Fire Horse is a time to speak up about your desires, be courageous in sharing your love, and take calculated risks.—
Annabel Gat,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
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In an era when many kids prefer to shoot first and maybe play some defense later, the 5-foot-7 Thomas relishes her time without the ball just as much as her time with it in her hands.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Most importantly, Alvarado relishes in his role as a tough-nosed, point-of-attack defender, an area the Knicks have had trouble despite building a roster with notable defenders across all positions.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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When serious plans were drawn up for the conquest of space in the late 1940s by the likes of Werner Von Braun, the question of astronauts had a simple and obvious answer – of course they'd be needed.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
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Rumfield was blocked in the Bronx by the likes of Ben Rice and Paul Goldschmidt.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2026
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Just because a drug has multiple uses doesn’t mean it should be denied access through insurance.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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Namwali Serpell examines Toni Morrison’s uses of ambiguity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Teeth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teeth. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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