as in parched
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as in pulled
to move by or as if by a forceful rotation
I'm so mad I could wring your neck
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as in pried
to draw out by force or with effort
willing to use torture if necessary in order to wring the information out of the terrorist
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Also infused with inflammation-fighting Lady’s mantle, the product feels refreshingly cooling as it’s applied, rather like a creamsicle for parched skin.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2024
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If your skin is already dry, thanks to the cooler weather, using either could make parched skin worse.Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 20 Sep. 2024
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Playwright-screenwriter Alice Birch has composed a superheated adaptation that’s anything but sere.Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
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Seidensticker pointed out Kawabata’s ties to Japanese poetry: This was prose of a sere, haiku-like delicacy and suggestiveness, with much implied and little specified.Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
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By mid-morning, the sunbaked terrace is flooded with tourists and townspeople drinking palest rosé before lunch service begins in earnest.Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
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Members of the lineage leading to and including Neanderthals lived roughly 430,000 to 40,000 years ago in environments from Siberia’s tundra to the sunbaked beaches of the Mediterranean.Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
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The three-layer design offers extra protection against spillage, ensuring that all the contents of your toiletry bag stay dry.Catherine Garcia, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
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Bursts of rain could cause dangerous flash flooding, but some areas could be slow to flood given how dry a lot of the soils are after a record-breaking October.Mary Gilbert, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Dubai even shares the similarly arid climate of Las Vegas which explains why much of its entertainment is indoors.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Created in 1963 by constructing the Glen Canyon Dam, Lake Powell was intended to be a critical water storage reservoir for the arid western United States.Tom Howarth FOLLOW, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Users who are thirsty for some sort of BO6 experience have to accept this new approach to launch and wait a business week to get their hands on the newest adventure.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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People are thirsty for information and want to debate and learn together in respectful learning environments.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Wrung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrung. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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