as in to seem
to come very close to being
that behavior touches on insanity
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Verb
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As of this week, Sumrall no longer seems to feel that way.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026 -
Rocchio was on second base and seemed to steal the Royals’ signs.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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Jude mentioned that a friend of his, who had recently returned from Odesa, in Ukraine, had said that Bucharest resembles a wartime city more than Odesa does.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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John Poulakidas scored 28 points to lead the Mavericks in a meeting of also-rans that more closely resembled a summer league game.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Maybe Idahoans adore those kabobs, shawarma and hummus even more than reviews suggest?—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Apr. 2026
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Meta suggested that Kaley’s mental-health struggles were attributable not to social-media addiction but, rather, to her mother’s emotional and physical abuse and neglect, and that Kaley’s social-media use was not the source of her troubles but a way to cope with them.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Touch (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20%28on%29. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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