as in to monopolize
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Henson, who does a lot with a character that doesn’t monopolize the spotlight, touches little Zonia’s hair or steals a subtle glance at her now and then.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026 -
Rumanes’ suit was filed a week after a jury in New York found Live Nation and its Ticketmaster unit had illegally monopolized the event ticketing market for years.—
Gretchen Morgenson,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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Tickets for this year’s Met Gala are reportedly selling at $100,000 each, with some tables starting at $350,000.—
Dalila Muata,
NBC news,
5 May 2026
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Abbott thanked the children who sold his newspaper on street corners by throwing a parade in their honor.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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What matters, after all, is that feeling of being engrossed in a good story.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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Sitting on the dais between her husband and pregnant White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the first lady appears to be engrossed in conversation.—
Joy Press,
Vanity Fair,
28 Apr. 2026
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Sri Lankan authorities have also made several detections of large hauls of heroin and other narcotics smuggled in via small fishing boats in recent years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Two San Diego men have been sentenced for smuggling vulnerable birds into the United States, with one heading to prison and the other getting hit with thousands in fines.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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There were times, between when the film was shot in 2021 and its period of post-production limbo, when crew members were openly speculating about it never seeing the light of day.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
2 May 2026
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The purpose of manganese in the region below the aculeus, the team speculates, is probably to improve the flexibility and absorption of vibrations.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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Yet this is precisely the idea that the Enhanced Games is peddling—the fantasy that what Proud or Collins takes to break a world record, at a different dose, might make a man in his 70s more mobile, energized, and maybe even hotter.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
30 Apr. 2026
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In ‘86, that was all soft peddled by the media, which mentioned it more out of duty than reportorial necessity.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Undersell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undersell. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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