as in to buckle (down)
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Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani — who's scheduled to return to pitching in May — would be the number-1 starter on most teams.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
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Gonsolin and May did not throw a pitch in MLB last season due to injury, and hey will likely have to be eased back into the rotation.—
Chantz Martin,
Fox News,
18 Jan. 2025
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The result is a restrained, fitfully compelling character portrait of a former priest turned archaeologist (Stellan Skarsgård, excellent) who discovers a young boy possessed by the devil on a dig in the Turkana region of British Kenya.—
Vikram Murthi,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2025
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Archaeologists find lavish thermal spa in Pompeii An intricate thermal spa complex was uncovered in a recent dig in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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The scholars borrow from critical theory—including a Marxist focus on the alienation of labor and postmodern pessimism—with some going so far as to compare the resorts to slave plantations.—
Richard Feinberg,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Dec. 2019
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During the latter half of that period, according to Marques’s review of British consular reports, more than one-third of all slaving vessels that made landfall in Rio de Janeiro did so under an American flag.—
Rafael Vilela,
Washington Post,
31 Mar. 2024
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There is every chance Pepi may decide to knuckle down and keep pushing De Jong, as PSV chase a successful defense of their title and progress in the Champions League.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Rooney knuckled down and was United’s best player for the first half of the following season.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 2024
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There are no heroes here, just Kidman fully immersing herself in a character for whom every action is an attack, for whom every word is a wheeze, and for whom every movement looks labored.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2025
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It’s been almost a calendar year since the Sixers have seen that Embiid, the one who’s active on both ends of the floor, instead of laboring up and down.—
Tony Jones,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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As several drummers banged away, Vázquez danced near a table and teammates clapped along to the music, including a spirited effort from Royce Lewis.—
Dan Hayes,
The Athletic,
16 Aug. 2024
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One of the roadies came out to bang away on the piano, the notes more felt than heard, part of the noise.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2024
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Kansas City’s defense has struggled to stop quarterback runs.—
Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The group also struggled to find its place in the broader far-right ecosystem, with some chapters cozying up to even more extreme factions like neo-Nazis as others sought legitimacy by seeking alliances with conservative influencers.—
Tess Owen,
WIRED,
23 Jan. 2025
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