Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toadstone
Noun
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Do cheating spouses, school bullies and lousy coworkers have bad juju coming to them?—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025 -
Have the world-weary shamus and the former Aztec capital lost their noir juju?—
Patrick J. McDonnell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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During the Middle Bronze Age, scarabs were used as seals and amulets, as Daphna Ben-Tor, curator of Egyptian archaeology at the Israel Museum, says in the IAA statement.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Egyptians thought the scarab symbolized the incarnation of God the Creator. Dr. Daphna Ben-Tor, who works with ancient amulets and seals, told the Israel Antiquities Authority that the seal scarabs were also used as amulets.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Along the way, the orchid became the subject of scientific speculation (including by Charles Darwin), a fetish in the Victorian era’s burgeoning consumer culture, and an example of the excesses of imperialist extraction.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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That reputation foreshadows the series’ fetish for both-sidesism and centrist consensus, at one point explicitly equating the right’s embrace of blatant untruths with the left’s enthusiasm for pronouns.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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San Francisco Giants mascot Lou Seal was elected to the hall last year, and Sharkie and the Tree are among this year’s nominees.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
21 May 2025
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If Disney were to replace Mickey Mouse as its mascot, the only choice that probably wouldn’t cause a global riot is Stitch.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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And there is no sign of the domination wavering even though Rohit and talisman Virat Kohli might have played their last ODIs of their legendary careers.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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The real Hong-rang climbed a hanok wall in an attempt to remove the talisman, but slipped and fell.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
16 May 2025
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“Toadstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toadstone. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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