as in to seem
to come very close to being
that behavior touches on insanity
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Baker said the goal of the Super Regional was to increase attendance and improve the quality of the experience for the players, which seems to be in line Ackerman’s proposal.—
Alanis Thames,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025 -
No one seems to care that this happened, from the guests to the staff to the local police.—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025
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Pictures of the necropsy show a team of scientists huddled around the 397-pound animal, which closely resembles a modern baby elephant.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Led by Bolts Frankenstein, the team consists of Wraps (part ambulance, part mummy), Sonnie (a vampiric helicopter), Sweeps (the street sweeping Wolfman), and several more of their friends who resemble classic movie monsters.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
8 Apr. 2025
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Several reports in Italian and international media suggested that Bezos' wedding organizers had already booked rooms at Venice's main luxury hotels and reserved for a few days in late June large numbers of gondolas and water taxis.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Mar. 2025
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Donald Trump suggested America could join King Charles III's Commonwealth prompting a MAGA backlash—though some may have misconstrued exactly what membership of the voluntary association of 56 states might actually mean in practice.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Touch (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20%28on%29. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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