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Adjective
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My counterpoint was that Adams already has tried, but got skewered as whiny and defensive.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
2 May 2025 -
The best way to explain it is to record both whiny and regular voices and then play them back.—
Debby Waldman,
Parents,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But make no mistake, retaining Gordon beyond this season is a priority for the Bears front office and something Poles and his staff are discussing.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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The pair are close, frequently discussing their respective seasons — Whitworth is on loan in League One with Exeter City — and supporting each other.—
Matt Woosnam,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And during Francis’s papacy, the Vatican itself made strident efforts to cross geopolitical divides, devoting particular diplomatic attention to China.—
VICTOR GAETAN,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Apr. 2025
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Perino, 52, is among the less strident Republican voices on Fox News.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.—
Hisham Matar,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
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Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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For many people, eating something sweet is preferable to daily nasal sprays and allergy pills, for instance.—
Jeremy Tanner,
The Hill,
10 May 2025
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Allergy treatment options include steroid nasal sprays, antihistamines, and immunotherapy.—
Sarah Hudgens,
Health,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.—
Bryce MillerColumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2023
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Donald, Mark, Willie, Billy, and Tony — practically everyone in Hollis within shouting distance of 203rd Street was laughing at me at earsplitting volume.—
Stephen A. Smith,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2023
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“Yapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yapping. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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