colly

chiefly British dialect

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Verb
  • Some big studios completely changed their films very close to the finish line, which sometimes can mess things up.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The most successful, or at least fascinating, of these movies tends to mess in one way or another with his seemingly carefree relationship to notions of authenticity or identity.
    Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The top team in the league is an easy decision, but after a wild week in the NFL, teams are jumbled.
    Fox News Staff, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Details sometimes get jumbled, but no one complains.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • It’s all muddled, which is par for the course with Sheridan; his writing hasn’t been thematically sharp since Hell or High Water.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
  • To make a cucumber martini, muddle a few slices of cucumber in the shaker before adding the rest of the ingredients.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 2 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But mimicking this behavior and expecting similar results could set young adults up for disappointment or disordered eating habits.
    Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Research suggests that time spent on social networking sites is associated with body image issues, self-harm, and disordered eating in children and teens.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.
    Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
Verb
  • Spoiled seeds may also be discolored, have some visible mold growth, or stick together in clumps, indicating moisture—or possibly pantry pests, such as moths or mice—have gotten into the package.
    Annie Peterson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2025
  • To reduce your risk, stick to major commercial brands of nuts and nut butter, and throw away nuts that look moldy, discolored, or shriveled.9 Heating has little effect on aflatoxins.10 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tests foods for aflatoxins to ensure their safety.
    Johna Burdeos, Health, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Colly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colly. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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