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Recent Examples of half-cocked
And yet, all of a sudden, there was the commotion typical of when a manager walks into a room deep in a stadium as reporters rush to put their phones on the desk and stumble awkwardly, laptops half-cocked, back to their seats.
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James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
The way reason permeated the front offices has bled onto the field, and the players are more reasonable, more rational and not likely to go off half-cocked.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2024
James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
The way reason permeated the front offices has bled onto the field, and the players are more reasonable, more rational and not likely to go off half-cocked.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-cocked
Adjective
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Many critics dismissed it as too frustrating and half-baked though.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s unfit nominee for Defense secretary gets the benefit of an incomplete, half-baked and secret FBI report, writes columnist Jackie Calmes.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In addition to these 25 entire countries on the list, there are a further 47 where travel is ill-advised to parts of the country because of political instability, conflicts, and crime.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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But his effort quickly proved fruitless and ill-advised: the entire neighborhood was rushing to evacuate around him.—
Robin Pogrebin,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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As the department's new head, Noem is expected to play a central role in enacting Trump's campaign promise to deport unauthorized immigrants en masse.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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Experts said that immigrants had every reason to worry because the memo turned hundreds of thousands of people who have been in the country lawfully into unauthorized immigrants.—
Gabriel V. Cárdenas,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Read More: These Are the Best Ways to Improve Your Memory In addition, bus drivers, aircraft pilots, and ship captains—the jobs with less spontaneous decision-making—had Alzheimer’s death rates typical of the rest of the population.—
Christopher M. Worsham,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
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My creative process is instinctive and spontaneous.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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My creative process is instinctive and spontaneous.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Each guest is invited to discover the essences through an instinctive exploration guided by a specialist or Cheloni himself, aimed at choosing favorite notes and creating a bespoke fragrance.—
Sandra Salibian,
WWD,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Half-cocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-cocked. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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