as in damns
the smallest amount or part imaginable
nobody gave a darn about us when we were poor, but now that we are rich, we have friends we never knew about!
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as in stitches
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches
in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand
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Verb
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The video stitches past and present with archival clips, studio cuts, and a handshake that seals this intergenerational torch-passing moment.—
Natalia Cano,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2026 -
Keem also released a trailer for the record, which stitches clips of him in the studio together with home videos and interviews with his family.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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She was known to sneak butter from the fridge to enjoy a few finger licks.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Miami got some good licks on Mendoza, bloodying his lip early on a shot from Jakobe Thomas that probably could have drawn a flag for targeting.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Wiseman said to hoots from the crowd of media gathered at the site.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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Owl hoots are most effective at striking up turkeys when owls are naturally active, which is around dawn and dusk.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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That’s the stage of sleep where the brain consolidates memory, repairs muscle and runs the nightly glymphatic cleaning cycle.—
John La Puma,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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Overnight is when the skin repairs itself, produces collagen, and resets for a healthier-looking complexion.—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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As an industrious and self-reliant senior, Ringwald essentially baby-sits her chronically myopic father (Harry Dean Stanton), sews her own clothes and contends with the condescension of her patrician peers.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2026
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As Madeleine Grynsztejn observes in her catalogue contribution, the clothes worn by his figures are based on doll costumes that Marshall sews by hand.—
James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Darns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darns. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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