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Noun
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Inflammation that starts in the lungs can spread to other parts of the body as well, potentially causing strokes and heart attacks.—
Andrew Montequin,
jsonline.com,
2 Aug. 2025 -
If creating a safe haven isn't an option or doesn't work, the American Kennel Club (AKC) also suggests playing white noise, leaving the TV on to mask the loud noises, walking them before the fireworks start, comforting them and offering long, slow petting strokes that can be soothing.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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Last fall, continuous glucose monitors became available over the counter.—
Jia Jung,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 July 2025
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Examples of these newer antihistamines include: Oral decongestants, such as pseudoephedrine, which is typically found behind the counter.—
Karen Berger,
Verywell Health,
29 July 2025
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Each team is poised for the counterpunch before the first punch is even thrown.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
10 June 2025
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The teams began trading big-time, tough layups as the game entered a punch, counterpunch rhythm down the stretch.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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For a country like Italy, which prioritizes value for money, this is a devastating blow.—
Elisabetta Tosi,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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People threw punches, kicked and jeered as a man on the ground tried to fend off the blows and a woman tumbled to the concrete, bloody and disoriented.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
2 Aug. 2025
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Four days in, few haymakers have been landed in the Cleveland Browns’ perceived four-man quarterback competition.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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The biggest haymakers from the Cubs came courtesy of star center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.—
Dane Mizutani,
Twin Cities,
10 July 2025
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In its new stage form—with a book by Lisa Loomer and Nell Benjamin and music and lyrics by Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez—those gaps of time make no difference to the force with which the looming presence of ICE in the life of its characters lands with a cruel thud in the chest.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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The other shoe dropped with an unsettling thud recently when White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt openly gay-bashed in defense of her controversial boss.—
Louis Balsamo,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2025
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Overcome with emotion one night, a newly sober Scrim decided to speak off the cuff at the end of a set.—
Kristin Robinson,
Billboard,
17 July 2025
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Queen Camilla wore a long-sleeve, floor-length white gown by Fiona Clare, featuring embroidery on the cuffs and hemline of the dress.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
9 July 2025
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Strong winds, heavy rain pelt Indianapolis metro area Eric Larsen Strong winds and heavy rain preceded the 7 p.m. hour as a severe thunderstorm sent branches snapping, thunder clapping and people running inside as weather sirens sounded across the Indianapolis metro area.—
Indianapolis Star,
IndyStar,
15 May 2025
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After several exits among fur producing countries in recent years, who are the biggest producers of mink and fox pelts in the world?—
Katharina Buchholz,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Counterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterstroke. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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