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Recent Examples of Synonyms for giving off
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The idea is to produce everything people want without emitting greenhouse gases.—
John Reid,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026 -
Video footage of the crash's aftermath obtained by NBC shows the vehicle significantly engulfed in orange flames emitting billows of black smoke.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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Fellow livestream host La La Anthony, a bronze goddess in a Wiederhoeft gown dripping with jewels, channeled her inner Jessica Rabbit with red hair.—
Swasti Singhai,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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The pop superstar, 36, stepped out for a wedding dripping in recognizable jewels once owned by one of her latest album's muses, Elizabeth Taylor, while heading to Honey's cocktail bar with her fiancé, Travis Kelce, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Saturday, May 16.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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The Mets have not exactly been a fun team to watch this week, and fans are already venting their frustrations with the seeming inability to create runs.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Some of the clips show onetime Orbán loyalists venting dissatisfaction with the government.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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Allen was also charged with discharging a firearm during a violent crime and transportation of a firearm and ammunition in interstate commerce.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
23 May 2026
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Bigelow was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling, and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
20 May 2026
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The amphitheater’s Morton Salt birthright has creative juices flowing.—
Lisa Gutierrez
May 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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More than 85% of the oil and natural gas flowing through the Strait of Hormuz goes to Asia, and many nations there have had to issue emergency energy rationing mandates.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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Western automakers have spent years trickling pixel-headlight features out cautiously, partly because regulations in markets like the US have historically been slow to allow adaptive driving beams in the first place.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 May 2026
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Fans were already trickling into their seats at Mohegan Sun Arena for the Connecticut Sun‘s game against the Las Vegas Aces on Wednesday night when news broke that the team’s relocation to Houston was finally official.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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“Giving off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giving%20off. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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