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Recent Examples of teardrop
The junior crossed his defender over and hit a teardrop in the lane and then drove to the basket before hitting a reverse layup to put the Eagles up 56-47 with four minutes left.
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Matt Feld, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
Her voice, like a potent, salty teardrop, was more memorable than that of many of her peers.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
She’s also painted on a few clown-like black and white flourishes on her face (teardrop outlines around the eyes, bold black lines around the contour of the mouth).
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
Murray created separation for an 8-foot teardrop with 52.2 seconds left to take a 125-124 lead; assisted Jokic’s only made 3-pointer of the night with 30 seconds left to reclaim a 128-127 advantage; then slithered around a Jokic screen on the last possession to get to his step-back.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 17 Dec. 2024
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Matt Feld, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
Her voice, like a potent, salty teardrop, was more memorable than that of many of her peers.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
She’s also painted on a few clown-like black and white flourishes on her face (teardrop outlines around the eyes, bold black lines around the contour of the mouth).
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
Murray created separation for an 8-foot teardrop with 52.2 seconds left to take a 125-124 lead; assisted Jokic’s only made 3-pointer of the night with 30 seconds left to reclaim a 128-127 advantage; then slithered around a Jokic screen on the last possession to get to his step-back.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teardrop
Noun
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Prices start at $195 for a sterling silver locket to several thousand dollars for gold and diamond lockets.—
Jill Newman,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Monica Vinader Deia Locket Fine Chain Necklace $238 Monica Vinader Keep it old school with a locket for storing treasured mementos close to her heart.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
24 Jan. 2025
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Droplets bouncing off surfaces are an everyday phenomenon, like raindrops bouncing off lotus leaves or water drops sizzling in a hot pan, levitating and sliding around—aka the Leidenfrost effect.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
3 Mar. 2025
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So far, Bergvall and Gray have walked between the raindrops.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There are also plenty of her scarab rings, jellyfish earrings and even Egyptian amulets enclosed in small glass globes, compounding on the idea of timeless treasures.—
Lily Templeton,
WWD,
13 Mar. 2025
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On the nearby racks hung smock dresses in earthy colors called basalt and scarab, barrel-leg ecru denim trousers and seaweed green hooded wax-cotton parkas.—
Thessaly La Force,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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In an emotional interview alongside Marino, who is seen wiping away tears, Watson, whose character has many scenes with A.B., reminisced about working with Braugher and the shock of his death.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
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The Racing Bulls driver was visibly upset after getting out of his car, appearing to hold back tears, but was greeted by Anthony Hamilton in the paddock when walking back to his hospitality unit.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Marvel films typically keep some surprise cameos under wraps, meaning the epic list of stars may not even be complete.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2025
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In September, Webb promoted the cutter from cameo status, throwing it on 11.6% of his pitches.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At that time Litoff was a dewdrop and in the caucus race, while Wei was a duck and dewdrop.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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By dewdrops flare beauty in the morning Until an army of squash bugs land And eat, then drag their bellies From the carnage— Field mice chew their way Into the house.—
Joy Harjo,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2024
Noun
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Meanwhile, her second ring, given to her by Timothy Laurence—her husband of more than 30 years—features an oval-cut cabochon sapphire with a cluster of three diamonds on either side.—
Hayley Maitland,
Vogue,
13 Mar. 2025
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In terms of stones, there’s a lot of amethyst and smoky quartz cut into ‘split cabochons’, and perhaps, more unusually for jewelry, some ulexite (or ‘TV stone’).—
Kyle Roderick,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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All the models carried an XL size, boxy bow bag stuffed with flowers and baguettes, which, according to Lei, aimed at bringing the Shushu/Tong girls from social media moments to the everyday.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2025
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There are 342 black ceramic baguettes set into the bracelet alone.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Teardrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teardrop. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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