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Recent Examples of tongue
Another alternative is negative pressure devices, which unlike CPAP, suck instead of blow, pulling the tongue and soft tissues up and forward in the mouth.
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Tom Page, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
Small hits of red appear on the heel, tongue tab, and outsole.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 9 July 2025
The one-day giveaway has included special perks and merchandise — including a new temporary tongue tattoo.
—Tanasia Kenney, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2025
The larynx is a cartilage tube between the end of the tongue and the top of the trachea (windpipe).
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 5 July 2025
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Tom Page, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
Small hits of red appear on the heel, tongue tab, and outsole.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 9 July 2025
The one-day giveaway has included special perks and merchandise — including a new temporary tongue tattoo.
—Tanasia Kenney, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2025
The larynx is a cartilage tube between the end of the tongue and the top of the trachea (windpipe).
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongue
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Barring any specific language in the Wilkins contract, the Raiders will have an uphill battle to fight.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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The money, which was used to found a range of initiatives including teacher training and English language programs, was suspended by the Trump administration on June 30 pending a review by the federal Office of Management and Budget.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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There’s almost a template to the Lexington format and a distinctive vocabulary too.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
23 July 2025
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So, in the case of La Tête d’Or, [chef] Daniel [Boulud] had this ambition to create something that was kind of a grand New York steakhouse but with a French influence, which led to a more refined vocabulary, and that led to wanting to elevate the cooking to be on display.—
Sofia Perez,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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In it, Italian peasants Matteo and Natale discuss this same cosmic occurrence in the rustic Paduan dialect of the time.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
3 July 2025
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Around the table, his family speak the local dialect of the Veneto region.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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To quote a homespun idiom, there are different horses for different courses.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 July 2025
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Especially in multilingual markets, users frequently mix languages and use non-standard grammar, local idioms, creative spelling and hybrid sentence structures.—
Alessa Cross,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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“Tongue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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