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as in to minister (to)
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as in to cotton (to)
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Celestial Park is an original concept world, which Universal likes to say puts the park back into theme park.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
25 May 2025 -
According to Lesperance, most people don't like to move, abandoning their familiar life for one that is widely unknown.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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Aspergillus flavus, a species that tends to prefer hotter, tropical climates, could increase its spread by 16% if humans continue burning large amounts of fossil fuels, the study found.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
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Still others prefer city breaks — or simply staying put.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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Lower Level Support Services The consensus of opinion right now appears to gravitate towards driving coding assistance services towards the lower-level services needed to manage applications, rather than any more cerebral or upper-level ability to create apps themselves.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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An emboldened Trump is instead gravitating toward and seeking to emulate the absolute rulers he’s long praised and found kinship with.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 May 2025
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Investments favored trains serving white suburbs over buses used by Black and low-income riders.—
Deborah N. Archer,
Time,
21 May 2025
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Dhillon mused in the letter about whether Johnson’s administration was showing a pattern of favoring Black candidates in employment decisions.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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“Tend (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tend%20%28to%29. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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