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as in loaded
being under the influence of a recreational drug
killed in an attempted robbery by some hopped-up hoodlum
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as in avid
showing urgent desire or interest
the parents get almost as hopped-up about Christmas as the kids
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Miller was arrested by the Riverside County sheriff's deputies at a checkpoint about a mile from the rally site after a shotgun, a loaded handgun, and a high-capacity magazine were allegedly found in his vehicle.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025 -
Three games into the season, a loaded Mets lineup has produced only five runs and were held to only a single hit Saturday, a first-inning double by Juan Soto.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2025
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Outside of the office, Mr. Ratcliffe enjoys being home with his family, is an avid gardener, and enjoys playing with his three children and three dogs.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Wang, an avid adventurer who has visited the Arctic and Antarctica on land, paid an undisclosed amount for the trip.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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Hal and Whitney would sit around the living room on the ripped couch and talk about sailing the world.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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Luckily, Frank Grillo plays a ripped scientist who is close to a cure, but also has to worry about keeping his family safe during yet another supermoon.—
William Earl,
Variety,
6 Dec. 2024
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But the Devils are a bit of a mess thanks to injuries, which makes this matchup hard to get too excited over.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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So, when the opportunity to visit Tanzania arose, I was intrigued and excited to embark on this journey.—
Ronny Maye,
Essence,
28 Mar. 2025
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Use a knife or a sharp hooked tool, advises Fowler.—
Lauren David,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2025
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Why Throw Away America’s Economic Recovery? Americans have the right to choose the cheapest energy technologies like solar energy and EVs instead of being forced to stay hooked on expensive and outdated forms of energy.—
Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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By 2018, the enthusiastic response led to Girl + Hair’s inclusion in the Target Takeoff Program, which helps up-and-coming brands scale their products to the next level.—
Kizzy Cox,
Essence,
7 Apr. 2025
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In the auditorium in the Fertitta Hall basement, the biggest star of all is the eternally youthful, irrepressibly enthusiastic Carroll, 73, hired in January as new coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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One such incident included a Delta Air Lines jet that took off from Minneapolis and flipped over while trying to land amid high winds in Toronto.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
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Monday's highest risk of tornadoes covered an area from southern Alabama into Virginia, Weather.com said.—
Susan Miller,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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With rising incomes, a booming domestic travel sector and a government eager to improve the country’s tourism infrastructure, India is commanding unprecedented attention from the world’s most prominent hotel brands.—
Ronak D. Desai,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Trump is eager to avoid repeating some of the turnover that characterized his first term.—
Time,
Time,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Hopped-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hopped-up. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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