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Recent Examples of greek
At times this all reminded me a bit of Elia Kazan’s magnificent memoir of a young Greek coming to a new life in America America and at other times of Spike Lee’s vividly filmed Do the Right Thing in a different NYC neighborhood.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2026
This year's theme centers around Persephone – fittingly, the Greek Goddess of spring.
—Adam Duxter, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Nick The Greek 5355 Sunrise Blvd., Fair Oaks Number of violations: 11
Date: Tuesday, March 17
Health inspectors cited the Fair Oaks Greek restaurant after finding raw beef, lamb, chicken and beef skewer held below proper hot holding temperature.
—Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Los Angeles Greek Theatre, 2700 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles.
—Holly Andres, Daily News, 19 Mar. 2026
Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 3459 Manchester Ave, Cardiff.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
The changes will close much of the park, including the Greek Theater, Central Promenade, and South Plaza of Civic Center, where big festivals often set up stages and vendors line the curving sidewalks.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
Schizophrenia, from the Greek skhízein (to split, to separate) and phrḗn (entrails, soul, mind).
—Amanda Marton Ramaciotti, The Dial, 17 Mar. 2026
While many meats do offer much higher protein counts, other foods like lentils, greek yogurt, cottage cheese, milk, black beans and peanut butter do, as well.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2026
This year's theme centers around Persephone – fittingly, the Greek Goddess of spring.
—Adam Duxter, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Nick The Greek 5355 Sunrise Blvd., Fair Oaks Number of violations: 11
Date: Tuesday, March 17
Health inspectors cited the Fair Oaks Greek restaurant after finding raw beef, lamb, chicken and beef skewer held below proper hot holding temperature.
—Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Los Angeles Greek Theatre, 2700 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles.
—Holly Andres, Daily News, 19 Mar. 2026
Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 3459 Manchester Ave, Cardiff.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
The changes will close much of the park, including the Greek Theater, Central Promenade, and South Plaza of Civic Center, where big festivals often set up stages and vendors line the curving sidewalks.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
Schizophrenia, from the Greek skhízein (to split, to separate) and phrḗn (entrails, soul, mind).
—Amanda Marton Ramaciotti, The Dial, 17 Mar. 2026
While many meats do offer much higher protein counts, other foods like lentils, greek yogurt, cottage cheese, milk, black beans and peanut butter do, as well.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for greek
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Not to be out-fumed, Michelle Yeoh returns, in a burst of hocus-pocus semaphore and bird-attack coiffure, as the Wizard’s most ruthless ally.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 Nov. 2025
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No more hocus-pocus putting taxpayers on the hook for some sketchy deal that may or may not show a positive return in 15 years, if lucky.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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This new pattern, which could push out a high pressure system that trapped hot air throughout the area for nearly two weeks, is set to bring moisture, breezy winds and even the possibility of thunder to the region.—
HECTOR AMEZCUA,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Our hot air highline dream began a decade earlier, in 2014, when my friend Lukas Irmler and I set out to break the record for the highest slackline above ground.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Driving the news: The statement was published only in English on the Facebook page of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office — potentially another case of double-talk by Netanyahu.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
27 Sep. 2024
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The GOP Senate candidate in Arizona, whose brand is a combative, never-back-down MAGA politics, has adopted a position on the issue that is nearly indistinguishable from that of double-talking Democrats.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
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There is a lot of rigmarole there that is conveniently hidden when positing this as a common sense thing.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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To think there was ever a world in which Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settled out of court, or worse yet, went to court in March of this year so that, by the time this blog post is being written, they might almost be done with the whole rigamarole.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Barnett was the second Mississippi resident to take the monkey business into their own hands.—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
5 Nov. 2025
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The monkey business is dominated by a handful of highly secretive and rivalrous brokers.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Two Indian vessels loaded with liquid petroleum gas have been able to pass, according to Lloyd’s.—
David McHugh,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Moreover, this image isn’t a void or hole at all, but a cloud of light-blocking neutral gas, made simply of plain old collections of atoms.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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Come for the jazz—from Grammy Award-winning bassists to young powerhouse vocalists—but stay for the chic atmosphere.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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Recollect Records is that rare place for DJs and record collectors, especially those seeking used soul, funk, hip-hop and jazz vinyl.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Jazz are 15-35, which puts them at the sixth pick if zero lottery-ball tomfoolery happens.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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But enough of all that tomfoolery, because there is one person on the beach who knows exactly what is about to happen!—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Greek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greek. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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