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Recent Examples of Synonyms for garnisheeing
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While Tehran is being bombarded, the regime’s security forces have been stationed at checkpoints across the city, searching civilians and confiscating their phones.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026 -
At the same time, CBP reported a surge in drug seizures after agents confiscating more than 79,000 pounds of narcotics nationwide last month, the highest monthly total since October 2021.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Sports built confidence without attaching identity to performance.—
Mark J. Friedlander,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2026
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Follow the plant's natural upward growth pattern and avoid attaching vines in a way that stretches or pulls.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
15 Mar. 2026
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One of the things that's gone really wrong in America is this gas station/convenience store/fast food restaurant that is usurping small town America.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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By January 2025, Szczesny had become manager Hansi Flick’s No 1 choice in goal, putting together a string of solid performances and usurping Inaki Pena in the role.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Florida lawmakers have passed many bills preempting local laws in recent years but a ban on local governments banning of single-use plastic straws.—
Ana Goñi-Lessan,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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Paper straws Florida lawmakers have passed many bills preempting local laws in recent years but a ban on local governments banning of single-use plastic straws.—
Ana Goñi-Lessan,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Garnisheeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garnisheeing. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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