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Adjective
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The story takes us to a dusty highway somewhere inland from Los Angeles, where Mike (Tom Stern) returns from Vietnam to find that his old gang has been taken over by a bootlicker who is chummy with local law enforcement.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
21 June 2024 -
According to fast-talking Harry, no—but that doesn’t stop him from getting chummy with the lovably neurotic Sally.—
Gia Yetikyel,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Schubert and the law enforcement agencies that fall under her jurisdiction appear to be bosom buddies.—
Monique Judge,
The Root,
15 May 2018
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Jim Hamre and Zack Willhoite were also bosom buddies in their passion for public transportation who had excitedly awaited the day higher-speed trains could zip through their home turf.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
20 Dec. 2017
Adjective
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In a world where our digital lives are inseparable from our real lives, data has become the new currency of productivity.—
James Felton Keith,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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The film is based on the true story of inseparable twin sisters Joan and Jean, who live on the fringes of society.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The home’s design masterfully balances intimate living spaces with grand-scale entertaining areas.—
Rowan Briggs,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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The intimate soirée held by Chioma Nnadi, British Vogue’s head of editorial content, and South African superstar Tyla at Bar des Prés by Cyril Lignac to celebrate the singer’s March 2025 cover.—
Funmi Fetto,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The island is also home to a wide selection of family friendly all-inclusive resorts, including the luxury all-inclusive Barceló Aruba.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2025
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But even that, an idea borrowed from other states, the federal government and even the city of Chicago, failed to get traction, another example of lawmakers and friendly lobbyists showing little appetite for changing how Springfield does business.—
Megan Crepeau,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Each battery pack is designed to operate independently, so should one pack in a multi-pack system fail, the other(s) can get the boat safely back to shore.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Oct. 2024
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BJ McLeod Motorsports became a staple in Nascar’s version of Triple-A, and it’s seen as a place where drivers can earn their first major shot to compete in mid-pack equipment.—
Joseph Wolkin,
Forbes,
28 Oct. 2021
Adjective
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and progressive bulbar palsy are both examples of motor neuron diseases.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC News,
3 Oct. 2024
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The company will reduce its workforce by approximately 70% and prioritize funding its ongoing studies of an experimental drug for Wolfram syndrome and supranuclear palsy – both rare neurodegenerative disorders – and another experimental drug for ALS, according to the news release.—
Mira Cheng,
CNN,
4 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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Whatever the club’s reasoning, there was something familiar and troubling about this disappointing deadline paralysis.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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The point is not to be lifelike or fact-based but familiar and formulaic—in a word, predictable.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Pally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pally. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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