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Recent Examples of lighter
Bic, the company best known for ballpoint pens, razors, and lighters, has just revealed a collaboration that no one could have possibly had on their 2024 bingo cards.
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Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024
Those items included lighters, bottles and plastic bags.
—Sam Leveridge, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Fans also used lighters at the Toronto Rock & Roll Revival concert in 1969, but footage of that event largely wouldn’t be seen for years.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
Her right hand gripped the edge of a coffee table strewn with clutter: two lighters, a can of Coca-Cola, an ashtray containing three cigarette butts, a bulbous glass pipe, a small plastic bag.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
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Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024
Those items included lighters, bottles and plastic bags.
—Sam Leveridge, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Fans also used lighters at the Toronto Rock & Roll Revival concert in 1969, but footage of that event largely wouldn’t be seen for years.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
Her right hand gripped the edge of a coffee table strewn with clutter: two lighters, a can of Coca-Cola, an ashtray containing three cigarette butts, a bulbous glass pipe, a small plastic bag.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
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There are four key uses of generative AI to keep your family and guests on an even keel: Forbes Daily: Join over 1 million Forbes Daily subscribers and get our best stories, exclusive reporting and essential analysis of the day’s news in your inbox every weekday.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this coming week as Washington and Beijing try to keep ties on an even keel despite major differences on issues from the path to peace in the Middle East to the supply of synthetic opioids that have heightened fears over global stability.Matthew Lee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024
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His very funny and touching stories about his own tender childhood segue into pieces about his regrets, anxieties, and triumphs as a father.Brian Boone, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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In that game, quarterback Justin Herbert was playing on a tender ankle and the Chargers were missing both starting offensive tackles and star safety Derwin James Jr. Since, the Chargers have won six of eight and are currently the fifth seed in the AFC, putting them squarely in the playoff picture.Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The filing also details acquisitions, including the purchase of 13 inland tank barges and two high horsepower towboats for $65.2 million.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
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The company initially built tugboats to tow offshore oil rigs and barges through the criss-cross of bayous and canals.Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2024
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KitchenAid Metal Food Grinder Attachment $100 $75 Amazon Pasta rollers and cutters Homemade pasta easily comes together with these handy attachments.Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2024
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The set includes a matching pizza cutter and cashmere storage sack with leather drawstring and a kit for caring for and cleaning the wood (two cashmere cloths and a small bottle of olive oil).Rima Suqi, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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Across its eight tracks, Knox bares all about the intimate lifecycle of her own seven-year relationship through spellbinding vocals that tug at the heartstrings and polished, R&B-leaning production.Heran Mamo, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2024
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The dog can sniff around and tug at its leash, but the dog walker is the one setting the pace and direction.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024
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The Civil Air Patrol is an auxiliary of the US Air Force and nonprofit organization.Michelle Watson, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
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But the party did not give to its own Black auxiliary: the African American Caucus of Mecklenburg County. Between the lines: The party officers and the African American Caucus of Mecklenburg County do not have a functioning relationship, Axios learned through speaking with board members.Alexandria Sands, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
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And his administration will have ample opportunities to slow or even kill future transactions – lifeboats that some media companies may need to survive.Matt Egan, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Out of the ship's 132 passengers and crew, 114 people died – and the few people who survived the wreck were stuck in a lifeboat for a week.Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
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Besides the vessels visiting China, another Russian naval group, which is composed of a submarine and a rescue towboat, was spotted sailing northward on Tuesday in the waters between Japan's southwestern islands of Yonaguni and Iriomote in the Philippine Sea.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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The filing also details acquisitions, including the purchase of 13 inland tank barges and two high horsepower towboats for $65.2 million.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Lighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lighter. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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