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The boots come in whole sizes only, and the company recommends sizing up for a loose fit.
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Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
To accommodate a liner, size up your main insulating glove by one.
Liner gloves aren’t very effective against wind, precipitation, impacts, abrasion, or lacerations.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024
Thune has served as whip since 2019 and campaigned heavily for his GOP colleagues during this election cycle, a metric often used to size up candidates' fundraising prowess and willingness to help out the party.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
So, before turning off the lights that zigzagged across the lot, McArdle sized up the pile of trees that had been banished to the back of the shed.
—Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
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Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
To accommodate a liner, size up your main insulating glove by one.
Liner gloves aren’t very effective against wind, precipitation, impacts, abrasion, or lacerations.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024
Thune has served as whip since 2019 and campaigned heavily for his GOP colleagues during this election cycle, a metric often used to size up candidates' fundraising prowess and willingness to help out the party.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
So, before turning off the lights that zigzagged across the lot, McArdle sized up the pile of trees that had been banished to the back of the shed.
—Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Size up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/size%20up. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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