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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toadstone
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Watching MacKinnon take a puck to the right knee late in the second stanza portended the wrong kind of juju.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 May 2026 -
Or maybe all McIlroy’s bad juju this week will call in its debts, and this week at Aronimink will end in a whimper.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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There’s an amulet (one of those glowing doohickeys the fate of the cosmos hangs on), and your heart may sink every time someone starts chattering about it.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
6 May 2026
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Sharp objects like scissors and needles or amulets should be carried by pregnant women or placed near sleeping children to ward off her attacks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 May 2026
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But Thiel isn’t just one more investor with a Tolkien fetish.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
26 May 2026
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Various nemeses and side characters enter the fray, from Jim’s archenemy (and also Insta-famous) Pavel to the scally with a sneaker-sniffing fetish who guides Jim and Lucien to their next destination.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
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On the opposite side of the field, Wilson and Rodríguez stood near the first-base dugout alongside Rays mascots.—
Chantz Martin OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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Lemons are practically the mascot of summer, and this cheerful wreath is packed with faux citrus for a bright seasonal look.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 May 2026
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There are few players in world football better suited to the Wirtz role than Cole Palmer, even if Chelsea’s talisman has struggled to find his best form this season.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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In the dying days of the Russian Empire, highborn ladies would willingly cut the dirty fingernails of the peasant Grigori Rasputin and then sew the clippings onto their dresses like sacred talismans.—
Gerard DeGroot,
Air Mail,
25 Apr. 2026
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After pushing employees to find ways to integrate AI into their daily work, corporations are now grappling with the rising costs of all those tokens, and some are limiting which employees can use specific AI tools.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
3 June 2026
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The developers worked out a method of projecting the raw audio signal into the same vectors used for text tokens.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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“Toadstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toadstone. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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