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Nothing sends a shiver down the spine like finding a tick latched onto your skin after a hike.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
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The restaurant, which started in Palo Alto and has since expanded to a half-dozen locations across the Bay Area, was one of DoorDash’s first clients, latching onto the opportunity to reach more customers beyond its small establishment that frequently had lines snaking out the door.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
31 May 2025
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Animal Farm, published in 1945 as the Soviet Union was clamping its pincers on Eastern Europe, and 1948 – published at a time when Stalin had drawn the Iron Curtain between East and West – illustrate the moral depravity of the powerful who exert dominance over the powerless.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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Lu Dort and his reinforcements clamped Jamal Murray.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
8 May 2025
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Their foreheads were pressed together, their eyes were shut, their hands clasped; her lips were ever-so-slightly pursed, his forehead was wrinkled in concentration.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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The voracious pachyderm finally backed out of the store, a bag of snacks still clasped in his trunk.—
Chelsea Chan,
NBC news,
5 June 2025
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His vision and passing range set the tempo for the team, while his physical presence and reading of the game help City pin opponents in and prevent counter-attacks.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Lee, who drove the legislative efforts to impeach Yoon, pinned his presidential campaign on unity, promising not to target conservatives and calling for an end to political polarization.—
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
6 June 2025
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The footage shown at CinemaCon riveted the room of exhibitors.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
5 June 2025
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Sparks fly and rivets clang, while narration highlights the intense physical demands faced by the workers who built what was then the largest moving object in the world.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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The fear of losing your career, your livelihood, and your future in an industry can shackle women to their abusers for years in the same way physical restraints do.—
Bridgette Carr,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2025
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In a country shackled and scarred by race, religion, gender, and class, the Disciples were genial revolutionists offering inclusion, education, and empowerment for those at the margins.—
Richard D. Mahoney,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2025
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Wearing a smartwatch shouldn’t feel like strapping a mini tablet to your wrist.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2025
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The drones, strapped with explosives, were hidden inside the roofs of wooden sheds, which were dropped off by trucks at the outer edge of Russian military bases, a Ukrainian security official told Reuters.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Also on tap are new seasons of The Bear, The Buccaneers, The Gilded Age, Ginny & Georgia and Squid Game (which is ending after three seasons), as well as summertime staples American Ninja Warrior and Love Island.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
30 May 2025
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Saving Nora requires building her a new aorta and a stapling procedure that goes against everything Teddy knows about heart surgery.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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“Hasp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hasp. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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