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Verb
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The body simply won’t lose consciousness, and losing it is something that cannot be willed into existence, or, rather, into nonexistence.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025 -
Du Pont, who died in prison, had willed the collection to UM, but no one ever told the school.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
2 Feb. 2025
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Despite not showing it very often on film, Martinez consistently showed natural, soft hands down in Mobile.—
Steve Bradshaw,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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And it’s constantly being handed down from one generation to the next.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
20 Feb. 2025
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The Jayhawks played one of their most dominant games of the season, with the walk-ons entering with around three minutes left.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2025
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In another case, a pregnant spouse of a USAID worker was left hemorrhaging in a foreign hospital bed to await delivery, her husband said in another affidavit.—
Ellen Knickmeyer,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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In ever more apocalyptic language, Trump has sought to unify his MAGA movement with strongman pledges to defend Americans from millions of hostile foreigners seeking to storm the country and to root out enemy aliens within.—
Julia Preston,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Oct. 2024
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The film follows a ragtag group of actors (played by Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, among other stars) from an ‘80s sci-fi series who aliens unexpectedly abduct during a convention appearance.—
Matt Juul,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 July 2023
Verb
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When Walmart turned in its final 2024 numbers last week, investors zeroed on its outlook and traded away more than $50 billion of the company’s market value.—
Evan Clark,
WWD,
27 Feb. 2025
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Duncan's version of The Kingpin is doubtless the most chilling portrayal the late actor ever turned in.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Even the hardtop enclosure, with sliding-glass doors and an open area at the back, conveys a sense of airiness.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
22 Feb. 2025
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The prison was the perfect place to convey that [part of the] story.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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About 30% of the staff at Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services that oversees benefits enrollment and employment verification had turned over between 2017 and 2022, according to state data.—
Margaret Coker,
ProPublica,
19 Feb. 2025
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The children, meanwhile, have been turned over to a relative via Child Protective Services.—
Gina Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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However, $150,000 doesn’t seem that expensive — if the state is willing to deed the lake, dam and easement around the lake to whoever pays for the repairs.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Aug. 2024
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This means that if the owner passes away or even deeds the house to someone else, the heirs or new owner would still be bound by the contract.—
Gary Singer,
Sun Sentinel,
11 July 2024
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“Pass (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%20%28down%29. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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