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The latest big-leaguer to lose a fight with an inanimate object is Oakland closer Mason Miller, who suffered a broken left hand.
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Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
Davis might as well have been interrogating an inanimate object.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 19 Sep. 2024
That is the rarest of abilities as a musician, to take this inanimate object and give it a singular voice.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2024
Shepherd proceeded to beat up the inanimate object, locking its head between her legs, slamming it into the ground, and rolling around with it on a mat.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 31 May 2023
It is based on the physician acting upon the patient, who is treated as an inanimate object.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
The film is also a dryly caustic send-up of the music industry, with an A&M executive, voiced by the actor Rob LaBelle (who also plays Karen and Richard’s father), exclaiming his plans for The Carpenters with a coldness that only an inanimate object could conjure.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2023
Jaden McDaniels, another key defender, punched an inanimate object in the Timberwolves’ tunnel, injuring his right hand.
—Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
Jaden McDaniels punched an inanimate object in the Timberwolves’ tunnel, injuring his right hand.
—Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
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Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
Davis might as well have been interrogating an inanimate object.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 19 Sep. 2024
That is the rarest of abilities as a musician, to take this inanimate object and give it a singular voice.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2024
Shepherd proceeded to beat up the inanimate object, locking its head between her legs, slamming it into the ground, and rolling around with it on a mat.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 31 May 2023
It is based on the physician acting upon the patient, who is treated as an inanimate object.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
The film is also a dryly caustic send-up of the music industry, with an A&M executive, voiced by the actor Rob LaBelle (who also plays Karen and Richard’s father), exclaiming his plans for The Carpenters with a coldness that only an inanimate object could conjure.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2023
Jaden McDaniels, another key defender, punched an inanimate object in the Timberwolves’ tunnel, injuring his right hand.
—Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
Jaden McDaniels punched an inanimate object in the Timberwolves’ tunnel, injuring his right hand.
—Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
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“Inanimate object.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inanimate%20object. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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