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Adverb
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Then Beast Games nonchalantly doubled its prize to a jaw-dropping $10 million in the show’s finale.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025 -
Among his electronic competitors was Thomas, a foppish, rail-thin twentysomething with a penchant for provocatively unbuttoned silk shirts, and who spoke nonchalantly about Gaussian functions, Faraday’s law of induction, and something called the hysteresis curve.—
Matthew Sherrill,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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This, which had appeared twice on Geraldine’s phone a year earlier, had become a mantra for Paul and his daughter, a way of lightly mocking Geraldine’s mother, during these trips in his car on Saturday afternoons.—
Colm Tóibín,
The New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2025
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Granular products must be scratched lightly into the soil and watered deeply down into the root zone.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2025
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Marlowe is intent on criminal justice, and on how easily it is rusted and bent, but social justice, by and large, leaves him unperturbed.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Made from a gorgeous faux-leather material and available in 17 vibrant colors, this passport protector will easily slot into any pocket of your purse while preserving the exterior of your ID.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Stoically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoically. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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