pons asinorum

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Noun
  • President-elect Trump’s legal team submitted a written opposition Friday to the Georgia Supreme Court over Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s request to have the state’s high court review her removal from the former president’s 2020 election interference case.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
  • McDuffie was called for pass interference five times and Jones was called for offsides five times.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Discrediting the science As the industry’s recruitment of spokespeople aimed to stem the tide of local gas bans, SoCalGas faced another obstacle: Mounting research that revealed the harmful health effects of gas stoves.
    Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Their change of heart reflects the inconvenient practical obstacles to suddenly cutting off access to a popular platform.
    Johanna Costigan, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Just 49 percent of US consumers listed range as an impediment, with 46 percent indicating charging times and 44 percent listing price.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
  • State support is not the only impediment to starting a PACE program.
    Sara Zeff Geber, PhD, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • According to reports, Rocko, born Rodney Ramone Hill Jr., was arrested last month and charged with disorderly conduct, misdemeanor willful obstruction of law enforcement officials, and criminal trespass.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Trump was ultimately charged with four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of an official proceeding.
    CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Although Wade was a member of his school basketball team, his height was (obviously) a hindrance to furthering that career.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Jan. 2025
  • With one more win, the Bucs can complete the feel-good story in a year where the hindrances seemed insurmountable.
    J.J. Bailey, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • These are seasoned with a rub of onion powder, paprika, garlic powder, and cayenne, then lightly breaded before frying.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Use your five-spice blend as a wing rub, as breading for pork cutlets, in a fragrant mix for cocktail peanuts, or any of the abovementioned recipes.
    Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In 1936, famed Olympic runner Jesse Owens raced a horse in a 100-yard dash and won thanks in part to a 40-yard handicap).
    Emily Barone, Time, 19 July 2017
  • LNK classes have done everything from installing handicap doors at Redwood to creating a Healthy Newborn site for Transitions that serves mothers going through addiction recovery.
    Brent Cooper, Cincinnati.com, 17 July 2017
Noun
  • Fetterman is a co-sponsor of the Laken Riley Act — an immigration bill aimed at curbing crime by migrants — which cleared its first hurdle toward passage in the Senate last week, when 33 Senate Democrats voted with Republicans in the 84-9 vote Thursday.
    Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
  • One persistent hurdle is maintaining staff engagement in a high-turnover industry.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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