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Recent Examples of Synonyms for last ditches
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The sharp, but flexible point allows for drawing fluid, sweeping lines, but also honing in on the tiniest details, like tracing the very inner corners of your lash lines or shaping the upward flick of a cat eye.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025 -
Her ability to see around corners and pivot when necessary kept her ahead of the competition.—
Geri Stengel,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Monthly updates will focus on the emergency fixes, allowing OEMs to concentrate their immediate efforts on what matters most.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Just two weeks from losing county funding, Miami-Dade’s MetroConnect shuttle service was spared in the latest version of Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s budget proposal and its set of temporary fixes to cover revenue shortfalls.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Once again, Disney takes all top three spots in the best amusement park ride category.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Kehlani is pushing back against artificial intelligence taking over music after Xania Monet, a virtual artist, inked a $3,000,000 deal with Hallwood Media and already landed spots on the Billboard charts.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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This includes liquids and liquidy things, such as any drink, yogurt, syrup, soup, jams and jellies, condiments, or anything jarred in oil, as well as spreadables like nut butters, pâté, creamy cheeses, frosting, and dips and spreads such as hummus.—
Jessie Beck,
AFAR Media,
16 Sep. 2025
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The fruits have a unique, sweet, melon- or berry-like taste and can be enjoyed raw and cooked as juices, purees, and jams.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
16 Sep. 2025
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This set includes six hangers, each designed with five holes that can hold five garments both horizontally (up to 6 pounds) and vertically (up to 8 pounds).—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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Several bullet holes, a pile of sheets, clothing and cardboard covered in blood were all found at the scene, along with an AR-style rifle, other guns and several pools of blood, according to the outlet.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The autopsy found small scrapes on Adair’s skin and hemorrhages, or bruises, on his back and shoulders.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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Health and sleep insights feel genuinely useful when planning recovery, and the titanium build shrugs off scrapes.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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Reading the poem today, one is still struck by the predicaments and responsibilities this voice takes up.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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These extreme predicaments and the deaths of people trapped in flooding homes in the Lower Ninth Ward were powerful reminders of the vulnerability of many low-income, elderly and ill residents who were unable to get out ahead of the disaster.—
Eric Kevin Stern,
The Conversation,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Last ditches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/last%20ditches. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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