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Recent Examples of wire
CBS News, 24 May 2026
Bolstered by their home crowd, the Dream nearly pulled off a wire-to-wire win in Friday night’s action at the Gateway Center Arena.
—Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 23 May 2026
Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Watched Colorado pounce early and lead wire to wire, to a game dominated by the Wild from the opening faceoff.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 May 2026
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Noun
Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack.
—CBS News, 24 May 2026
Bolstered by their home crowd, the Dream nearly pulled off a wire-to-wire win in Friday night’s action at the Gateway Center Arena.
—Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 23 May 2026
Verb
Taj Mahal is unbeaten in three races, all at Laurel Park, including going wire to wire to win the Federico Tesio Stakes on April 18 by more then eight lengths.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Watched Colorado pounce early and lead wire to wire, to a game dominated by the Wild from the opening faceoff.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wire
Noun
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This allows cable, satellite, and live TV subscribers a two-day head start to binge all eight episodes before its global streaming debut on Prime Video Wednesday.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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But on Memorial Day, the cable stalwart will debut a documentary series altogether more ambitious than any of the stand-alone History Channel WWII docs Tony Soprano used to binge.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
25 May 2026
Noun
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When Gualtieri found his feet, Jones stalked him back to the ropes and put him away with a vicious uppercut.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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Rhodes staggered and Zayn bounced off the rope and pushed Rhodes onto the announce table.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
Verb
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In the upcoming fifth and sixth seasons of Rubble & Crew, fans will strap on safety gear and get ready for demolition, as Builder Cove’s construction heroes become the Wrecking Crew, moving from construction to destruction.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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One of the greatest Niners to ever strap on a gold helmet.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the Cypress-Fairbanks district, near Houston, an officer hogtied a 10-year-old boy with a behavioral disorder who had kicked the principal, using a cord to bind his hands and feet behind his back, an internal investigation found.—
Clare Amari,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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And as squirrel numbers proliferate, so do their attacks on the holiday lights, whose electrical cords are coated with an apparently tasty derivative of corn sugar.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Although the film pleasingly goes full Latin-American Peckinpah — yet with a far more convincing and righteous anti-colonial streak — threaded throughout are dreamlike interludes and flashbacks that provide generational historical context to the events and intensify the atmosphere.—
David Katz,
IndieWire,
20 May 2026
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But threaded through that agricultural machinery is another, less calloused dream.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Cleveland rallied and tied it at 50-all on a jumper by Harden before the Knicks countered with a 10-1 run.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
24 May 2026
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The Aces battled back and tied it at 90 on a jumper in the lane by Chelsea Gray and again at 94 on two free throws by A’ja Wilson.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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“Wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wire. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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