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Recent Examples of tongue
Hu Simple Dark Chocolate (70%): This chocolate crumbled on our tongues and tasted chalky to boot.
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Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
The first step to liberate is to shout out what was
to open space for what becomes
tongues untied, our pet phoenix rising.
—Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Symptoms of an allergic reaction may include skin rash, tingling mouth, swelling of the face, tongue or lips, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramping, coughing, dizziness, and swelling of the throat.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The drops, which go under your tongue, can cost $100 or more a month.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Dec. 2024
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Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
The first step to liberate is to shout out what was
to open space for what becomes
tongues untied, our pet phoenix rising.
—Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Symptoms of an allergic reaction may include skin rash, tingling mouth, swelling of the face, tongue or lips, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramping, coughing, dizziness, and swelling of the throat.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The drops, which go under your tongue, can cost $100 or more a month.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongue
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For example, 22 policies (44.0%) did not include language stating that parents must be notified of incidents as soon as possible.Nolan McKendry | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Dec. 2024
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Onto the page spilled more than ten thousand lines of the richest and most resourceful blank verse in the English language, arranged into ten books in 1667, then rearranged into twelve in 1674.Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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The future of communicating with buyers and customers is less about impressive vocabulary and more about genuine connection.Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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McBride possesses a skill that few of his peers can claim: a vocabulary for critically analyzing screen acting and how its gestures and movements cohere with the director and cinematographer’s tools.Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2024
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Jones and Brody learned Hungarian and worked with a dialect coach for the movie.Carole Horst, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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Turns out, dat good ole dialect is a put-on: James speaks like a professor.Rachel Flynn, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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The versatile, always-all-in Mars is a worthy lodestar for Rosé and Rosie, an album that whirls through 21st-century pop idioms with aplomb even as its heroine ruminates on heartache and anxiety.Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
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Perhaps that’s why his debut album as Chanel Beads is filled with self-help idioms and reflections on internal conflicts.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Tongue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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