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also durned
as in cursed
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
the darned computer is broken
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as in stitched
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches
in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand
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Adjective
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Hindle and Baseman walked Vulture through the thinking behind the various cursed objects and furniture that haunt the world of Severance.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025 -
The reboot version of Wolf Man, however, is director Leigh Whannell’s reimagining of the classic lycanthrope tale and the cursed Lawrence Talbot—played by Chaney and Del Toro—is nowhere to be found.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Microsoft has campaigned hard to switch Chrome users to its Edge browser, taking flak for the nags and ads stitched into Windows itself, including ones that interrupt Chrome installations on a PC.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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The vast majority of leather belts on the market are machine stitched, with a vanishingly small minority distinguished by a painstaking process called saddle-stitching.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The watch measure 44 mm, is made from blasted titanium and features a honeycomb skeletonization of the case that reduces the weight by 50 percent, Ross told Robb Report.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
6 Dec. 2024
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When the moment of triumph finally arrived, with a blasted inside-in forehand to the postage stamp corner of the court, Djokovic, 37, crouched to his knees and immediately succumbed to the first set of tears.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
4 Aug. 2024
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“Darned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darned. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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