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Noun
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Wind appears in both poetic and dramatic moments, along with shifts in light, sunsets, and so on.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
19 May 2026 -
The sunsets here are arguably the best on the South Shore, overlooking the boats in the marina and city skyline.—
Cheryl Maguire,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2026
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Officials told McElroy to take a top bunk bed, the complaint says, in violation of a policy saying pregnant inmates should be assigned bottom bunks to prevent injuries and falls.—
Abigail Brooks,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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This secures your baby at the shoulders, waist and between the legs, preventing falls.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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From the auroras above Yellowknife to the desert skies over Moab, travelers are booking trips specifically to see the Milky Way, meteor showers, eclipses and the constellations their hometowns no longer reveal.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
12 May 2026
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Anyone heading to Spain twice in succession will have a case study in how different eclipses can feel.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Similar deteriorations took place in Tuscany and in Naples.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 Mar. 2026
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Key parameters such as time to recover (TTR), revenue at risk, lead times, OTIF and service-level degradations can be evaluated and compared across mitigation options.—
Dileep Rai,
Forbes.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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The answer is not much—Fennell makes explicit, via sadomasochism, the power differentials and emotional degradations that are so often ambiguous in the original.—
Rhian Sasseen,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
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Of the many nadirs this season — from letting a two-goal lead slip against Bournemouth to their existing run of five defeats in six league games from December 14 — the chastening 3-0 loss against Wolves on January 3 ranks high.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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For all the ebbs and flows of her career, Larsson has remained uncompromising in her integrity.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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The ebbs and flows will send you through it.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 May 2026
Noun
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The declinations came as the DOJ reassigned and cut prosecutors working on environmental cases.—
Ken B. Morales,
ProPublica,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Dark ages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dark%20ages. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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