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Adverb
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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026 -
The dots soon became acrid splotches of oil.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Writer Hugo Vickers writes in the upcoming biography Queen Elizabeth II that Philip underwent heart surgery on March 1, 2021, shortly before his death and almost did not make it.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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That’s how, last night, the best golfer most of us have ever seen slinked out of a Florida jail shortly before midnight and headed off into an uncertain future.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Consider enrolling in a class or talking about philosophical ideas with your peers, because such bold curiosity presently translates into mental growth.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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February 19 – March 20 Certain feelings presently require action to be fully realized.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
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The property was first transferred to the state of Florida, and then to the organization.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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That person is a FIDUCIARY — willing to put that word in writing, and promising always to put your needs first.—
Terry Savage,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Protein, fats, and fiber are key to keeping you full, so a meal low on those vital nutrients could leave you feeling peckish before long.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
1 Apr. 2026
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Genet avoided prison in this case, but before long he was engaged in a seemingly endless cycle of theft, arrest, brief imprisonment (for weeks or months), and release, only to steal again and restart the cycle.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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If something goes wrong when the crew is in space, the suits may give the astronauts the option to either take an early abort and come home prematurely, or attempt to continue around the moon, Koch noted.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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Visual observations have also shown that the coated perlite did not leach out prematurely.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Erelong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erelong. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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