as in to rub
to make smooth by friction
beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist
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as in to march
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group
to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium
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Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Trump has repeatedly denied writing any such letter and is suing the Journal’s parent company, publisher, reporters and owner Rupert Murdoch for $10 billion in a defamation lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Florida.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Davis Winkie, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Harrison hands Charley the phone, and Dexter shows her the file of compromising intel that Prater’s been collecting from the start of her employment.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Bankruptcy documents filed in the Middle District of Florida last year detailed how Red Lobster had struggled in various ways, including a 30% drop in guests since 2019.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Trump has repeatedly denied writing any such letter and is suing the Journal’s parent company, publisher, reporters and owner Rupert Murdoch for $10 billion in a defamation lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Florida.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
After passing, an officer's ranking for command assignment was calculated from their CAP performance and their Army personnel file.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Harrison hands Charley the phone, and Dexter shows her the file of compromising intel that Prater’s been collecting from the start of her employment.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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The crowds thinned, the queues got easier, and the audiences lost their initial edge-of-seat poise, relaxing back into their seats.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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As long as buyers and sellers continue the 75-year trend of negotiating against the Nielsen data, the league will have to join the queue with everyone else who expresses dissatisfaction with the company’s audience-measurement system.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Browns swarming Joe Burrow for sacks on three consecutive plays in the fourth quarter, driving the Bengals back from the 20 to their own goal line, was an incredible show of force created by a front four that will only improve with more time together.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Its core software dates back to the early 1980s, and only a few programmers remain who understand the intricacies of its more than 60 million lines of code.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Waterspouts are spinning columns of air and water mist above bodies of water and can take two forms, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, Wheatley contributed columns to publications like Sainsbury's Magazine and The Sun.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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One player dominating gets tedious very quickly; so does a string of one-time winners.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Sanders battled against Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel in training camp and preseason and was ultimately named the Browns' third-string quarterback.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Zarutska, a refugee from Ukraine, had picked an empty row, and sat in front of a man in a red sweatshirt, unaware of the two’s imminent collision course.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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The trio of authors — thriller novelist Andrea Bartz and nonfiction writers Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson — who sued last year also sat in the front row of the court gallery, but didn’t address Alsup.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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“File.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/file. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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