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as in to live
to have life
stories that begin with the familiar line "once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden"
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as in to happen
to take place
the party is next Saturday
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Recent Examples of be
While Raq did survive, there are plenty of people who want her dead and gone.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 May 2026
So yes, there was a kind of resistance, because the film and the script could seem strange, and some people wanted to normalize it, to fit it into a genre.
—Roberto Prieto, Variety, 19 May 2026
There are smaller groups that are also distributing food in parallel without a formal coordination structure.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 6 May 2026
Once upon a time, there was an actress named Celia.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 May 2026
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 May 2026
So yes, there was a kind of resistance, because the film and the script could seem strange, and some people wanted to normalize it, to fit it into a genre.
—Roberto Prieto, Variety, 19 May 2026
There are smaller groups that are also distributing food in parallel without a formal coordination structure.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 6 May 2026
Once upon a time, there was an actress named Celia.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for be
Verb
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Strong, deep-rooted, living hundreds of years and towering skyward even as their massive limbs reach out expansively, these trees evoke awe.—
Joseph Bonasia,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Those samples were compared to DNA donated by those known to be living descendents of the men aboard the expedition, the University of Waterloo said in a news release.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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Golf’s elite spaces and long-standing rules don’t always make room for those who don’t abide by norms.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Djena stood silently nearby while Denise spoke, suppressing the urge to contradict Denise’s lies.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Nystrom researches the draft tirelessly, keeping a spreadsheet of data (ages, game stats, hand widths) on nearly two thousand players, and publicly ranks his top five hundred—nearly twice as many as will actually be drafted.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Other than the San Antonio Spurs, the Knicks are the only postseason team that ranks in the top three in points scored and allowed per 100 possessions.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Little happens other than chain-smoking, costume changes and interminable shots of color-shifting strobe lighting splaying across the cast’s cheekbones.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Last July, when Colbert announced the end of the Late Show franchise on CBS, many wondered what happens when shows that function as cultural town squares begin to disappear?—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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The promotions in the NHL arena that viewers see on TV may not actually exist in person.—
Luke Connors,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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The last five millennia have typically seen a great diversity of co-existing political forms—sometimes overlapping and symbiotic, sometimes divided and incommensurable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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The connection between fans and the team has broken, and a huge summer lies ahead if Wolves are to repair it.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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But the fault lies more with the citizenry than with scholarship.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The Iran nuclear deal, a 2015 accord reached under President Barack Obama, had placed limitations on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.—
Brooke Migdon,
PEOPLE,
20 May 2026
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The Chelmsford Board of Selectmen voted Monday night to place injured firefighter Nick Spinale on administrative leave.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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And then all of a sudden, here comes Miranda Lambert in her little pink hat.—
Caroline Killilea,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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The existing political infrastructure has no way of accommodating migration on the coming scale, which will evacuate departure economies, and overwhelm destination societies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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