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Verb
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The old woman, though, stares at the screen, the shadow of a smile curled into her lips and a frown barely creasing her forehead.—
Matthew Bremner,
Rolling Stone,
5 Jan. 2025 -
The ball curled through the proverbial eye of a needle, between Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez, and behind Alexis Mac Allister, who was forced to spin on his heels.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The passenger cabin of the Traverse is cavernous—spacious for both passengers and cargo.—
Michael Harley,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The course’s signature 16th hole is a par 3 with a tee shot over a cavernous quarry, a test of both skill and nerve alike.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But in fact these dental alveolar syndesmoses (technical speak for the tiny ligamentous joint between the tooth and jaw socket) move all the time.—
Bethany Brookshire,
Scientific American,
25 Jan. 2025
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Getting a tooth pulled carries a risk of experiencing a dry socket, also known as alveolar osteitis.—
Maxine Lipner,
Verywell Health,
19 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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This now rings insultingly hollow— in 2021 Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed that the company, soon renamed Meta, did in fact have the tools to effectively halt the spread of dangerous disinformation on everything from politics to medicine.—
David Robert Grimes,
Scientific American,
3 Apr. 2025
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This is also why the contemporaneous criticisms of the picture as style over substance ring so hollow today.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The most powerful performance —compressed, sorrowful — comes from The Matrix's Joe Pantoliano.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Share repurchases, especially in such a compressed time frame, reflect a high level of conviction from management.—
Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Sheriff McDowell, who's on the ground wounded, sees Banner kill Clyde.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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On April 2, Russian forces launched multiple strikes on residential areas in the front line city of Pokrovsk, killing one civilian and wounding six others.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Under the new system, there would be capacity for 480 students at Rebound — 260 more than are now enrolled.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
14 Mar. 2025
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In the Kansas 3rd District, which includes southern Wyandotte County, Johnson County and areas southwest of the metro, 53,000 people are enrolled, or 7% of the population.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Dimpled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimpled. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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