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Recent Examples of fillet
Well, that’s the view (neatly filleted by Andrew Roberts, Churchill’s finest contemporary biographer, National Review’s Mark Wright, and others) of Darryl Cooper, the podcaster recently interviewed by Tucker Carlson.
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Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 10 Sep. 2024
The surgeons operated eight times in two weeks, filleting open the back of her leg with a two-foot incision from her glute to her calf.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Working with a regional fish wholesaler, DNR collected more than 2,100 snakeheads and other invasive fish from the lift and sent them off to be cleaned, filleted and offered to local food banks.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2024
Place the salmon fillets on the sheet pan, skin side down, and drizzle half of the lemon juice over the salmon.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2024
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Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 10 Sep. 2024
The surgeons operated eight times in two weeks, filleting open the back of her leg with a two-foot incision from her glute to her calf.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Working with a regional fish wholesaler, DNR collected more than 2,100 snakeheads and other invasive fish from the lift and sent them off to be cleaned, filleted and offered to local food banks.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2024
Place the salmon fillets on the sheet pan, skin side down, and drizzle half of the lemon juice over the salmon.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fillet
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Cornell, likewise, highlighted admitted applicants whose interests braided together cryptography and disaster relief runs, air pollution research and Habitat for Humanity volunteer work, Crohn’s Disease research and efforts to save local pollinators.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Just like the series’ central character Reda is between two worlds, between two communities, the Arab and Corsican, its story braids two genres.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2025
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Here’s a peek at the new flavors and some of the ingredients that inspired them: Lemon curd & whey This light and citrusy flavor uses whey as a substitute for lemon juice to make lemon curd that ribbons throughout the ice cream base.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
24 May 2023
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Introduce the color in small doses: a throw on the couch, ribbon on a wreath, trim around a lampshade, or even gift wrap on the packages.—
Savanna Bous,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Nov. 2022
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Carlsson emerged from a battle with possession, weaving into the neutral zone and feathering a pass to Killorn.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2025
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Politics is transactional, though if another Republican endorsed Graham, they'd be tarred and feathered.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Everyone figured this band was cooked, but Harry and Stein put an ad in the Village Voice and auditioned 50 applicants.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025
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The report’s findings, which went out with ballots, figured the measure could cost between tens of millions to hundreds of millions for the state, and would cost all California counties tens of millions of dollars combined.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Today, that plant is one of thousands on the grounds, a place where monarch ferns frill around the auburn necks of melinonii philodendrons and buttercream and magenta orchids hang like pendants from a jabuticabeira, its spreading copper limbs blistered with purple fruit.—
Michael Snyder Pedro Kok,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2024
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The collection, which will surely be talked about as the best of the entire week, was an unflinching reminder that a serious depth of femininity — the frilled, bedazzled, artistic kind — should never be mistaken for weakness.—
Gabrielle Korn,
refinery29.com,
13 Feb. 2020
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Deputies searched the truck and found five packages containing 350,000 counterfeit M-30 pills laced with fentanyl hidden within the gas tank, the release stated.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2025
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Even more impressively, against a Colorado defense that was impenetrable Saturday, with the Rays lacing the balls all over the field and the Rockies making a reel of highlight plays.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
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Just a few miles from the beach, the briny sea fog hangs over the pasture.—
Scott Clark as told to Betsy Andrews,
Saveur,
3 Apr. 2025
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Outside the little green brick building hangs the sign with the restaurant's slogan: Automatic For The People.—
Melanie Peeples,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2025
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Both styles feature the soft salmon hue and black square intarsia drawn directly from the album cover, with a finishing touch of Bon Iver’s signature embroidered at the hem of the sweater.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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Tributes included his number 49 embroidered on hats, stenciled in the fairway exactly 49 yards off the tee box of the 18th hole, and featured on the flag at the 18th green.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Fillet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fillet. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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