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Noun
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When Garza went inside the store and took at least one lighter from the counter, the clerk came outside armed with a handgun to confront Garza, who crouched by the puddle of kerosene and either threatened to light it or attempted to light it, Hodges said.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
22 Apr. 2025 -
Pharmacy counters will be closed at Rite Aid on Easter but the retail portion of their stores will be open regular hours, a company spokesperson told USA TODAY.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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And naturally, the nightmare of sitting under the bleachers next to Michaels as one of your babies falls flat on its face during the Saturday-night dry run is like a devastating body blow to the ego.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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And losing a place where people can hear or perform live music is a body blow to the vibrancy everyone seems to want downtown.—
Sal Pizarro,
The Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2025
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What’s 42 to 43? Into a black place of great blows from the little mountains from the sea came.—
John Berryman,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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With a blow of his whistle, all sorts of words applied: pandemonium, euphoria, mania.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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The competitor to grab the tag-team titles dangling on the hook over the ring would be declared the winner.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Write a good hook, gather people around wanting to hear a story, deliver that story, and channel people through to the right place.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Connor Norby added three hits for the Marlins, and Dane Myers had two hits and scored twice.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Most recently, Chabert starred in the Netflix holiday movie Hot Frosty, which became an instant hit on the streaming service after premiering in November 2024.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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The film is a symphony of voices, featuring recent interviews with many of the original participants—businesspeople, union leaders, political officials—along with archival clips documenting key events and conveying the tone of the times.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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The platform features a new AI model named Fuzz, capable of generating complete songs from text descriptions, audio clips, or visual prompts.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Rahway, New Jersey, native paints his sonic stories in surrealist strokes that feel like abstract imagery on the surface, but hold deeper interpretations on subsequent listens.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
29 Apr. 2025
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The 2017 study found that people who tested positive for HPV were more likely to have strokes compared with those who tested negative.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
29 Apr. 2025
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That's a rarity for SpaceX, which is known for its rocket reuse; one of the company's Falcon 9 boosters has 27 flights under its belt.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Saturday’s card offers more than just Alvarez’s attempt at three belts.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Counterblow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterblow. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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