as in licks
to strike repeatedly
the mob boss's thugs really worked him over
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Posted to the account @maisythemarshmallow on September 19, the video shows the dog, named Maisy, lying calmly as the cat snuggles up and licks her face.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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When asked the question, the owl takes the lollipop and licks it three times before chomping down on its hard shell exterior and handing the stick back to the child.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Echidna, mother of monsters, here depicted as a greenish, redheaded snake woman, hides from the Olympians in a cave.—
Seamus Sullivan
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Fright Night cast him as a magnetic vampire whose polished demeanor hides something far darker.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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While Harris Reed had more exaggerated bottom lashes and more clustered to the outer wing, lashes at Dreaming Eli were more centered and top-heavy, leaving the bottom lashes natural.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Sep. 2025
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His right hand lashes out periodically.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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In Season 3, Arisu follows Usagi into Borderland, just like Alice does the white rabbit to Wonderland.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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The housing authority, which does business as the Metropolitan Housing Alliance, is governed by a five-member board.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Sep. 2025
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The sudser from Michele Val Jean is up 67% in multiplatform viewership from last year’s time period and beats ABC’s General Hospital by 7% among women 25-54 on broadcast, according to Nielsen.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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The five-core GPU in the regular iPhone 17 consistently beats the one in the iPhone Air in our tests, and the Air's GPU occasionally performs more like the Apple A18 from last year's iPhone 16.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
23 Sep. 2025
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The Social Reckoning, which hits theaters over the Columbus Day weekend, follows The Social Network in getting released in October, as fall can be a prosperous time for adult dramas.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Sep. 2025
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Want to feast on all the night market hits without the crowds?—
Clarissa Wei,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Sep. 2025
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Each night the band whips the crowd into a frenzy with their cool, Western romantic harmonies and dance-hall sing-alongs.—
Jonathan Terrell,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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So the magnetic field has to stay synchronized with the increasing mass of the particle, ramping up in strength as the particle whips around.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Works over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/works%20over. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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