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Adjective
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In particular, teams deploying fiber-optic drones that send and receive signals via millimeters-thick wires rather than via radio—a method of control that helps the operators circumvent intensive Ukrainian radio jamming.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025 -
When babies born at Carroll need intensive neonatal care, they are sent to Sinai.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Barbie was marketed with various careers designed to show that women can take on a variety of roles in life, such as astronaut and doctor.—
Dawn Mitchell,
The Indianapolis Star,
24 Dec. 2024
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The Teddy Bear, velocipedes, and the Erector Set was first marketed in 1913, as a toy that could be put together as one thing, taken apart and built into something else.—
Dawn Mitchell,
The Indianapolis Star,
24 Dec. 2024
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Of the 24 species of scrub mints known today, over half are listed as threatened or endangered at either the state or federal level.—
Andre A. Naranjo,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Hezbollah, which was severely diminished during nearly 14 months of war, has threatened to resume fighting if Israel does not fully withdraw its forces by the 60-day deadline.—
Abby Sewell and Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This is a performance that entwines intense physicality with simmering determination, and a sense of humor.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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In the background of a Gaza ceasefire, Israel has steadily escalated an intense military operation in Palestinian cities in the West Bank, killing dozens and displacing tens of thousands of residents.—
Mick Krever,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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After achieving a conviction in a brutal triple homicide that had terrorized his mountain town, Sgt.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Dec. 2024
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Similarly, Ethan, increasingly terrorized by it all, must keep his superior, Phil Sarkowski (Dean Norris), at bay, along with other colleagues, in order to keep Nora safe at a major turning point in their relationship.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
12 Dec. 2024
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Tropicana, founded in 1947 by an immigrant from Sicily who developed a process for freezing concentrated orange juice, is in financial distress and could be headed for bankruptcy.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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Not to mention, the Trader Joe’s chips get their fiery color from natural ingredients like turmeric extract, paprika extract, and concentrated vegetable juice, rather than synthetic food dyes like Red 40.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2025
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There is a big question in the doc about her possibly being blackmailed by the Manses and also being stuck with a hefty tax bill as a result of their mismanagement of her disability benefits and other income.—
Brande Victorian,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Jan. 2025
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Shoutout to the 38 Republicans who shot the bill down in the House while being threatened & blackmailed.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Matches are long, often 30 minutes in length, rather than the rapid-fire rounds of games like Counter-Strike which run in frenetic spurts of two minutes or less.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2025
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Even with the frenetic consolidation among the big U.S. department stores, the size of the U.S. market is staggeringly large compared with the U.K., where so many big chains have shut their brick-and-mortar stores, or become online-only operators.—
Samantha Conti,
WWD,
21 Feb. 2025
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“High-pressured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-pressured. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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