as in slowly
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Adverb
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But there was finally a shark on the other end of the line, slowly being hauled toward the boat.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 July 2025 -
Jonathan Erdman, a senior meteorologist at weather.com, wrote that the heat wave may last until at least the last weekend of July in the Plains and South, while slowly expanding west toward the Rockies.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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The latter, of course, is being groomed as WWE’s next big thing much like Reigns was a decade ago, so that’s the dream match that could bring Reigns back later in 2025.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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The narrative outlined in the IAB file says the woman informed then Chief of Department Philip Banks, later a deputy mayor under Adams, within weeks of the November 2013 incident.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
2 Aug. 2025
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When a health department subsequently refused to change the gender of a teenage transgender girl on the birth certificate, the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana sued the governor for allegedly violating the equal protection and privacy clauses of the U.S. Constitution.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
24 July 2025
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The Chiefs subsequently started three other players at left tackle.—
Sam McDowell
Updated July 22,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025
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Deputies eventually breached the door of the house with explosives and got in without firing any shots around 1:30 p.m., Warren County Sheriff Barry Riley told Fox 19.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
27 July 2025
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The incident resulted in an hours-long standoff with Waukesha police, who eventually used drones to locate Lovejoy's body, which had been dragged to a spot near basement stairs, and spot Couture's location in the house.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
27 July 2025
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“Dilatorily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dilatorily. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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