lacing (into)

Definition of lacing (into)next
present participle of lace (into)
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Verb
  • The football game directive came about a week after Ingoglia held a press conference criticizing Alachua County — where UF’s campus is located — for excessive or wasteful spending to the tune of $84 million over five years, claiming the budget grew by 77%.
    Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
  • Trump spent months criticizing Warsh’s predecessor, Jerome Powell, for being reluctant to cut interests rates, with the Republican president arguing that lower borrowing costs would provide an economic boost.
    Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • Medicare fraud has become a hot political topic, with Republicans and Democrats each blaming the other party for the problem.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • The Newsom administration estimates that thousands of victims of the Los Angeles wildfires cannot afford to rebuild, blaming a lack of access to affordable loans and a gap between insurance payouts and the cost to build again.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • Both sides accuse the other of intentionally attacking civilian targets.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 14 May 2026
  • So when attacking midfielder Nick Moon carried the ball down the left wing in the eighth minute, AC Boise bodies began rushing into the box.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • However, when his past comes knocking, he is forced to confront it.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 May 2026
  • The footmen of such regimes always come knocking on your door at around four in the morning.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Verb
  • And while criticism of insurance companies was bipartisan, Republicans and Democrats also blamed one another for the crisis, with the GOP faulting Obamacare and Democrats accusing Republicans of using the hearings to deflect from their own inaction to address rising premiums.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Some Havana Syndrome victims have spent more than a decade trying to draw attention to their cases, often faulting the government for failing to provide enough support or access to specialized medical care.
    CBS News, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Audiences haven’t been deterred by the critics largely panning the film for being shallow and offensively commercial.
    Jemele Hill, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • An artificial intelligence video unveiled in March includes panning shots of the tower’s exterior and interior, with a presidential jet parked in the lobby alongside a gold escalator like the one Trump rode while launching his presidential campaign in 2015.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Ukraine has been assailing oil terminals and refineries deep inside Russia with long-range drones and missiles, aiming to disrupt Moscow’s economy.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Trump has singled out Moore for criticism, blaming him for a Potomac sewage spill, assailing his handing of Baltimore's bridge collapse and invoking a controversy over his military record.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The competition’s main host, the United States, is lashing out at the world, hunting conflict across three continents.
    Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
  • The whole episode, Kyle is a pendulum swinging between anger and sadness, between lashing out and injuring Amanda, and looking to be the victim.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 May 2026
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“Lacing (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacing%20%28into%29. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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