1
as in to pooh
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2
as in to quarrel (with)
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About 300 demonstrators protested at a Tesla dealership in New York City on Saturday.—
Rodrique Ngowi and Jonathan J. Cooper,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025 -
Trump tried to remove officials who could save federal workers' jobs Feb. 10: Trump fires leaders of two internal boards employees use to protest firings Within a matter of minutes Trump fired the leaders of two other boards that federal workers can turn to as an avenue to contest their firing.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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While many people who renounced their citizenship complained of being unhappy with the political climate in the US, another reason for their decision is often taxes, Alistair Bambridge, a partner at Bambridge Accountants, told CNN in August 2020.—
Edward Szekeres,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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Trump and Vice President JD Vance clashed dramatically with the Ukrainian leader in the Oval Office Friday after Zelenskyy complained about Russian President Vladimir Putin.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
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Although originally scorned by critics, the series proved immensely popular, lasting nine seasons and spinning off several TV movies.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
17 Feb. 2025
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That discontent was laid bare in December after the brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson unleashed social media scorn at his company and a U.S. health insurance industry that serves as gatekeeper to the nation's $4.5 trillion health care system.—
David Robinson,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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More than 16,000 of our members sent messages to Congress urging them to vote no on Trump's budget proposal and asking them to reject the Christian nationalist ploy to pit vulnerable communities against each other for the benefit of the few.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Focusing on personal strengths, practicing self-compassion and challenging negative self-perceptions can help alleviate beliefs that you are bound to be rejected or hurt by others.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Some economists dislike the report's methodology because actual layoffs and firings can be lower than announced totals as firms reduce their workforces through attrition or by closing open job postings.—
Rob Wile,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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Yet, Trump is persistently deeply unpopular in the U.K., disliked by 73 percent in a recent survey, running the risk the realpolitik might land badly with some Brits.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis may further help the Trump administration dismantle diversity policies that, by favoring some categories of employees, disfavor others.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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For Darwin, adaptations were the result of mutations leading to trait variation among individuals in a population, which were then filtered through conditions in a local environment, favoring certain variants and disfavoring others.—
Jessica Riskin,
The New York Review of Books,
6 Feb. 2025
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Musk has repeatedly criticized Social Security, one of the government's most popular programs, and DOGE staffers have been working inside the agency.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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Hutchins’ mother, Olga Solovey, has criticized Baldwin’s response.—
Rachel Brodsky,
TIME,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Object (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/object%20%28to%29. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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