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as in to flop
to be unsuccessful
the business folded after just two months
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as in pack
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
ready to welcome their old Liberal friend back into the fold
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Recent Examples of fold
Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
The resulting image, an unsettling but magnetic composite portrait that folds together the faces of Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood, now sits at the center of the Stones’ global rollout for the record.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 18 May 2026
Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026
When hunted, poisoned, and persecuted, the coyotes scattered and regrouped, their numbers surging a hundred-fold.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
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Verb
It is still barely decorated, just a corkboard pinned with photos of the boys and a folding table covered with stacks of reports.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
The resulting image, an unsettling but magnetic composite portrait that folds together the faces of Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood, now sits at the center of the Stones’ global rollout for the record.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 18 May 2026
Noun
The stay folds in two 90-minute spa treatments, forest bathing, breathwork, yoga and dining by Nobu.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026
When hunted, poisoned, and persecuted, the coyotes scattered and regrouped, their numbers surging a hundred-fold.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fold
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Baldwin struck again in the fifth with an RBI single to left that scored José Azócar — who had doubled for the second time in as many at-bats — and gave the Braves a 2-1 lead.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
17 May 2026
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Then came the Vientos double in the fifth to increase the Mets’ lead to 5-2.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2026
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That flopped, as have all subsequent attempts to protect nature permanently and on a large scale through the use of markets.—
John Reid,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Rick Pitino, Billy Donovan, Brad Stevens, Fred Hoiberg, John Calipari, Tim Floyd, Lon Kruger, Mike Montgomery, Leonard Hamilton all left college to try the NBA, and most flopped.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 May 2026
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Sourdough, multigrain, sprouted grain, pumpernickel, boules, baguettes, batons, the list goes on, but one type may rise above the pack.—
Randi Gollin,
Martha Stewart,
19 May 2026
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Jackson led the pack, dropping $56 million on television advertising, followed by Jones, who has spent $26 million, according to the report.—
Zak Hudak,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
Verb
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The weekend, for all its promise, tends to collapse into logistics, half-finished to-do lists and the quiet companionship of two people watching the same screen.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Intellectual humility — the willingness to update your beliefs when the machine pushes back, rather than digging in or collapsing entirely.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Power dynamics in your social circles are also exposed.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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The Avalanche forward wouldn’t say which current Golden Knights player is renting his residence in Las Vegas, but good luck finding a juicier subplot in this Western Conference Final than Roy’s full-circle trajectory over the past 11 months.—
Nate Peterson,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
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In early 2022, after the state failed to pass a ban on such care for minors, Paxton wrote a legal opinion declaring transition care for minors to be child abuse.—
Jo Yurcaba,
NBC news,
16 May 2026
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The city filed a lawsuit saying the federal government failed to perform required reviews of how the project would affect the health and safety of residents and the environment.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
15 May 2026
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Be sure to book a room on a high floor facing the Ponte Estaiada Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge, which is the most interesting of the bunch here.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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While Rickie Fowler and Ludvig Åberg chatted with their caddies, DeChambeau took a bunch of practice swings and chomped on a piece of beef jerky with more aggression than even chewy meat merits.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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The two finished atop a crowded field that also featured Attorney General Chris Carr and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who both struggled to break through in a GOP contest overshadowed by the feud between the two front-runners.—
Greg Bluestein,
AJC.com,
20 May 2026
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Mergers might encourage other states to offer similar programs as a way of funnelling more students into struggling four-year campuses.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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“Fold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fold. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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