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Recent Examples of tick
How to Cope The best way to avoid infectious disease spread by tick and mosquito bites is good protection.
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Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Mar. 2026
As the national debt rushes toward $39 trillion and Social Security and Medicare get nearer to insolvency with each tick of the clock, pressure mounts on the White House and Congress to craft a more sustainable path forward.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2026
First Solar, a US manufacturer with many supply chain links to Asia, saw its stock price tick up after the ruling.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Cruising down a straight and open stretch of road, the car maintained a steady pace of 19 miles (30 kilometers) per hour, a tick under the speed limit.
—Kelvin Chan, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
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Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Mar. 2026
As the national debt rushes toward $39 trillion and Social Security and Medicare get nearer to insolvency with each tick of the clock, pressure mounts on the White House and Congress to craft a more sustainable path forward.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2026
First Solar, a US manufacturer with many supply chain links to Asia, saw its stock price tick up after the ruling.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Cruising down a straight and open stretch of road, the car maintained a steady pace of 19 miles (30 kilometers) per hour, a tick under the speed limit.
—Kelvin Chan, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tick
Noun
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In any case, it's been a minute.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
16 Mar. 2026
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With five minutes to play in the first half, Brandeis commit Javi Lopez sank a triple himself as the Raiders took a 23-18 lead.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Panthers got on the board just 15 seconds later as Hinostroza and Luke Kunin passed the puck back and forth on a 2-on-1 rush before Hinostroza beat Daccord before the goalie could get across the crease.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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The joke was followed by 13 seconds of applause from the audience and silence from O’Brien, who walked around on the stage.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Mar. 2026
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Opened in 2025, the modern Persian cafe serves barbari bread and lavash wrap sandwiches, tahini-date shakes and chai lattes, plus a full slate of events aimed at uplifting the local Persian community.—
Angela Osorio,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Roasted red peppers, juicy red tomatoes, shredded lettuce, paper-thin onions, olive oil, red wine vinegar and a few shakes of seasonings finished it off.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 2026
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That’s Coogler’s challenge too, and this is his moment to encourage the industry to get back to making ambitious populist hits.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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For fashion, the Fall/Winter 2026 season arrived at a moment of heightened uncertainty, as wholesale continues its rocky reset and geopolitical uncertainty remains high.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2026
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Lee Harvey Oswald folding under Jack Ruby’s bullet—a split second that hardens into our collective memory.—
Christopher Anderson,
Vanity Fair,
27 Feb. 2026
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Judges score the flips and spins, including pretzel-like shapes with skis splayed or crossed, before the skiers pull up at the last split second and slam skis-first into the landing area, kicking up a spray of snow.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Listening to music rushes her work because she is tempted to sculpt or sew or cook to the beat.—
Claire Salinda,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Staff writer Jen McCaffrey is on the beat for us.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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In an instant, the tie had changed, with Bradford going on to dominate the second half.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Continue cooking until the juices run clear when the chicken is pierced with the tip of a knife, the internal temperature registers 160 degrees on an instant-read thermometer and the sauce has slightly reduced and is thick enough to coat a spoon, about 2 minutes.—
Virginia Willis,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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The technology uses electrical pulses to directly treat the heart tissue that causes the irregular heartbeat.—
Tracy Yochum,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
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Consuming more than 350 milligrams of supplemental magnesium can lead to magnesium toxicity, which can cause symptoms including low blood pressure, vomiting, irregular heartbeat, difficulty breathing and cardiac arrest.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Tick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tick. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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