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as in tablet
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
you'll have to take one of these pills every six hours for your flu
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as in dog
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
she can be such a pill when things don't go her way
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Recent Examples of pill
Then manufacturers upped the dose to the equivalent of 40 pills.
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
In one of those suits filed in 2019, video allegedly showed Madho dropping a pill bottle in a car while her police partner arrested motorist Abdul Pullium back in 2015, Gothamist reported.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
After all, she had been prescribed a sedative for her anxiety, with a pill bottle found in her purse.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
This clean concealer offers buildable coverage that doesn’t cake or pill, leaving an illuminating effect (without looking shiny).
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
In one of those suits filed in 2019, video allegedly showed Madho dropping a pill bottle in a car while her police partner arrested motorist Abdul Pullium back in 2015, Gothamist reported.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
After all, she had been prescribed a sedative for her anxiety, with a pill bottle found in her purse.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
This clean concealer offers buildable coverage that doesn’t cake or pill, leaving an illuminating effect (without looking shiny).
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
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Discovered in 1913 during railroad excavations along Israel's southern coast, the tablet initially went unrecognized as a historically significant artifact.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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And here’s the kicker: unlike most tablets, this one lasts for months of reading and weeks of writing on a single charge.Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.cleveland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
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Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
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The capsule comes on the heels of Skims’ viral partnership with Dolce & Gabbana, and is intended to take customers from the slopes to après ski.Erin Lassner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
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Inspired by his graduate show, Kane’s capsule debuted in November to rave reviews.Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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The processing fee is absolutely not going to the part-time delivery person, but, rather, to a rich jerk who is golfing right now.Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
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Also, your character’s supposed to be kind of a jerk.Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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The clowns there, contributed by donors worldwide, are not for sale.Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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The parade’s 98th year was the largest yet, with more than 5,000 volunteers, 17 character balloons, 22 floats, 15 heritage and novelty balloons, more than 700 clowns, 11 marching bands and 10 performance groups.Violet Goldstone, WWD, 30 Nov. 2024
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Species observed slipping through those 4-inch slots at least once included striped skunk, gray fox, raccoon, bobcat, coyote and javelina.Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024
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People and domestic animals should always avoid physical contact with wild animals — raccoons, bats, foxes, skunks, otters, bobcats, coyotes — which carry a higher risk of human exposure and a need for rabies post-exposure treatment, the agency said.Brian Bell, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024
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Imagine trying to slide a book on a table while some joker is pushing down on it.Rhett Allain, WIRED, 20 Sep. 2024
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Read the full Cancer Daily Horoscope Leo (July 23 - August 22) Playing practical joker?USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Between Dutton being murdered, the death of longtime ranch hand Colby Mayfield (Denim Richards), Rip's relocation to Texas to aid fellow ranch hands (and fight off snake attacks) and the future of the ranch in the balance, Hauser's character certainly has his hands full this season.Chris Barilla, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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New technology detects snake DNA in the environment and allows researchers to determine if invasive snakes such as the Burmese python are in the area.Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Pill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pill. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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