hooks 1 of 2

plural of hook

hooks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hook
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as in curves
to turn away from a straight line or course hang the bird feeder on a branch that hooks upward

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Noun
  • Employers today want people who can roll with the punches, adapt to different work setups, and thrive in any environment.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Employers today want people who can roll with the punches, adapt to different work setups, and thrive in any environment.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The canal connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, offering ships a shortcut to avoid going around the tip of South America.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Storytelling helps to communicate your message and connects you with potential buyers.
    Jenna Guarneri, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Curtis Rowe scores 19 points and Sidney Wicks adds 17 points and grabs 18 rebounds to lead UCLA to an 80-69 victory over Jacksonville for its fourth consecutive NCAA basketball championship.
    Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Vito, seething and remorseless, grabs at control relentlessly; Frank, in no mood to fight, tries to cede it graciously, resulting in a lopsided tug-of-war.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Supreme Court decision on deportations lifts a lower-court block Alien Enemies Act but upholds rights of those targeted for enforcement.
    Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The emergency ruling, for now, lifts one of two lower court orders reversing the mass terminations.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • With a mobile app that integrates payments, the coffee shop could offer a digital discount to entice that customer to stay for brunch as well.
    Ashley McGrail, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • To accomplish this, business owners should seek out financial technology that integrates easily into the other systems their businesses already rely on.
    Zahir Khoja, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • López’s next turn in the rotation lands Sunday against Detroit.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • After being gifted with a wide receiver in Xavier Worthy after a trade up in last year's NFL draft, in this mock, the team somehow lands Arizona receiver Tetairoa McMillan.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The current cap is 80,000 pounds gross vehicle weight.
    Chris Woodward, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Learning Resources has about 10,000 molds, weighing collectively more than 5 million pounds, in China.
    Paul Wiseman and Anne D’Innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Hooks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooks. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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