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noun

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Noun
The Cavaliers could be one of those happy-to-be-there teams, where two or three wins in the first round might sate them. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023 The Groundwork Pace shorts have a generous 7-inch inseam and a barely-there silicone band around the bottom inside of each leg to help hold them in place, and the high rise and wide, flat waistband means these are cemented to your body as the trail miles add up. Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2023 Then came the barely-there skin tints. Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Feb. 2023 In terms of down-there hair removal, getting a professional wax is one of the easiest and most effective ways to keep your bikini line smooth. Maddy Zollo Rusbosin, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for there
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Noun
  • There was a concrete pipe that used to be part of the town’s sewage system, a section of a bridge that the stream had taken out, and the remains of the Heartbreak Hotel, a storied old apartment building, half of which washed into the river on the night of July 10th.
    John Seabrook, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
  • In the children’s section, each computer station was occupied by a child playing games on full volume.
    Alexandra DeSanctis, National Review, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • It was directed at outfielder Juan Soto, the Washington Nationals star who is suddenly and famously on the trading block and could be headed to you-know-where.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
  • Because if not, then democracy in America is going down in a painful heap like a guy kneed in the you-know-where.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2021
Noun
  • This exclusive 10-day photo workshop from Backcountry Journeys is all about photography, with two subjects: Spain's gorgeous region of Andalucía and the sun's corona above it.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 19 July 2025
  • Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson in South Carolina is emerging as one of the Southeast's most dynamic industrial regions.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
Interjection
  • That means that most of the neodymium, dysprosium, and terbium that end up in EV motors, drones, wind turbines and even smartphones ... well, depending on supply and demand or even geopolitical landscape, China basically makes the rules.
    Joe Salas July 19, New Atlas, 19 July 2025
  • While a certain amount of hyperbole is generally tolerated when chief executive officers of private companies tout their businesses and cite revenue figures that are, well, optimistic, things necessarily get real and the financials are laid bare when investors buy in.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Monday, Trump seemed to threatened to punish Russia's energy sector.
    Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 14 July 2025
  • The financial services sector remains the backbone of the BVI’s economy.
    Panorama Media Ltd, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
Interjection
  • And then, oh, my gosh, the brother of the person that's in the lake works at the boathouse in Lexington.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 July 2025
  • The jalapeno pesto it’s bathed in transports the dish from ho-hum to oh, yum!
    Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 17 July 2025

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