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Recent Examples of tick
The stakes are high: As the clock ticks down to an April 2 deadline, more than 350,000 Venezuelan TPS holders face the imminent loss of their legal status and employment authorization.
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Round 2’s scoring average landed a tick under par at 71.961.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
That includes preventive treatments for fleas and ticks and vaccinations for distemper and rabies, says Pierce.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2025
But this superb number ticks both boxes, and then some.
—New Atlas, 2 Mar. 2025
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Round 2’s scoring average landed a tick under par at 71.961.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
That includes preventive treatments for fleas and ticks and vaccinations for distemper and rabies, says Pierce.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2025
But this superb number ticks both boxes, and then some.
—New Atlas, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tick
Noun
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American leading scorer Matt Rogers injured his right knee four minutes into the game.—
Jeff Wallner,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Scott left that game in visible pain but returned less than three minutes later with his hand wrapped.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Finished a close second on debut with the winner of that race returning to win an Allowance race and then a distant 4th in the Risen Star Stakes.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Graf’s first goal came on a short-range one-timer and his second came on the power play.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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James applies it directly onto the scalp after shampooing and conditioning, lifting hair section by section, gently giving hair a little shake to disperse it and then massaging it in with fingers.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Other Big Stories Image Frozen shakes sold to nursing homes and hospitals have been recalled.—
David Leonhardt,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The receivers were ready, warmed up and ready for their big moment.—
Seth Emerson,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The final moments of the episode also reveal that the parasitic alien Sequids are still roaming the sewers, the bloodthirsty Battle Beast is alive in space and Angstrom Levy (Sterling K. Brown) survived the Invincible War.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Huskies guard Hassan Diarra shoved Neal in the chest and appeared to square up with his fists for a split second as the two were face-to-face.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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Autofocus responds immediately and moves from near to distant subjects in a split second.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While John Summit, fresh off a globe-trotting series of shows, amped up the energy in the amphitheater with infectious beats and mind-blowing pyrotechnics.—
Evan Burke,
Billboard,
20 Mar. 2025
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In the end, the movie’s insights are limited to observing versions of real-world problems whose solutions are as simple as taking a beat to reconsider one’s initial impulses and presumptions.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Speed As the name suggests, instant coffee is ready in an instant.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
23 Mar. 2025
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If any of the men in black and white lacked motivation, the merest glances to the fans who’d traveled in their droves from the North-east would refuel them in an instant.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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According to the Mayo Clinic, arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat that happens when the heart's electrical signals don’t work properly.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Empathy is the heartbeat of every meaningful relationship.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Tick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tick. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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