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as in to minister (to)
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as in to cotton (to)
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There’s a lot to like about the way the Sabres have played, though.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025 -
Choi likes to precut carrots, celery, onions and fennel.—
Malaka Gharib,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
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Glasner prefers his players to know their role perfectly, to complement each other and to commit to the game plan largely without deviation.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Cinnabon Sweets lovers who prefer Cinnabon over a cinnamon sugar pretzel can enjoy an OREO Spookies & Cream Chillatta with any CinnaPack purchase from October 27 to October 31.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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However, shoppers seem to be gravitating toward a specific wide-leg style, which is available for just $32.—
Destinee Scott,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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More generally, Europeans' personal happiness levels have seemingly gravitated away from church and children, the traditional sources of meaning, and toward a discomfiting positive correlation with the size of a nation's welfare state.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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As a childless person who doesn’t teach I’ve been happily unaware that, due to standardized testing requirements that favor close reads of excerpts over whole books, there’s an entire generation of students who have very little contextual framework for the literature they’re being taught in school.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Buyers fought over a limited supply, with those offering higher down payments and higher offers ultimately being favored by the market.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Tend (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tend%20%28to%29. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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