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Recent Examples of lighter
Authorities at the prison discovered a box containing suboxone, marijuana, a scalpel, a phone charger, cigarettes, and lighters left outside of the facility and attached to a bedsheet hanging out of recreation room window.
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Mar. 2025
The other four red tags were for code enforcement violations – not involving gas leaks or carbon monoxide – involving a water heater and gas log lighters installed in three fireplaces.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
The proposed county ordinance would also create new limits on carrying fire-starting materials, such as lighters, and ban people from removing vegetation in riverbeds or canyons.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
Correction officers recovered the rope and found contraband wrapped in duct tape all along its length — including a large quantity of Suboxone and nearly 30 small bags of pot, plus a scalpel, cell phone charger, two lighters, and more than 400 cigarettes.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Mar. 2025
The other four red tags were for code enforcement violations – not involving gas leaks or carbon monoxide – involving a water heater and gas log lighters installed in three fireplaces.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
The proposed county ordinance would also create new limits on carrying fire-starting materials, such as lighters, and ban people from removing vegetation in riverbeds or canyons.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
Correction officers recovered the rope and found contraband wrapped in duct tape all along its length — including a large quantity of Suboxone and nearly 30 small bags of pot, plus a scalpel, cell phone charger, two lighters, and more than 400 cigarettes.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lighter
Noun
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The 805 measures 83 feet in length with a beam just over 21 feet and a draft of between 11.2 feet on the standard keel and 8.7 feet on the shoal keel.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The stage was set for an entirely forgivable drop in level, but Andreeva stayed on an even keel to win the next two sets, and with them, the title.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Noun
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The evacuation warning that was in place was lifted at approximately 4:30 p.m. At the height of the fire fight, there were 17 total engines, three hand crews, two dozers, four water tenders, four air tankers, one helicopter and one air tactical aircraft on the incident.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2025
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As my family began the tender process of sorting through her belongings, my mom mailed me an Easter basket of goodies.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Essence,
11 June 2025
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But that changed in the 1950s after a barge, loaded with construction materials to build a school, got stuck near present-day Newtok and couldn’t navigate farther upriver.—
Emily Schwing,
ProPublica,
29 May 2025
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Ancient Egyptians are famous for their pioneering and mastery of hydraulics through canals for irrigation purposes and barges to transport huge stones.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The meat cutters would show up for work just as many of the clubgoers were going home.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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The Coast Guard also diverted the cutter Munro to the area, launched a C-130J Super Hercules aircrew from the air station in Kodiak, and positioned an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew in Adak.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Marine Group officials wanted to demonstrate that converting similarly sized tugs from diesel to electric can be replicated by other companies, such as excursion boats and dinner cruises.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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That, in turn, scuttled the main objective of the mission — having the Otter rendezvous with the Launcher tug down the road.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Founded in the 1950s, the auxiliary supports The Salvation Army’s social service programs.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Chrissy Davis is the co-president of the auxiliary of Infant Welfare Family Health and is on the board of directors of Infant Welfare Society of Chicago.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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Once all the lifeboats were gone, Gracie then helped the crew retrieve several collapsible lifeboats.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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The digital evidence indicates he was swept out to sea while attempting to launch one last lifeboat, which matches the account of survivor and second officer Charles Lightoller.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Additional charges are expected in connection with the theft of the towboat theft in Jupiter, officials say.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2025
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In 2002, a freight barge struck a pier of Oklahoma’s Interstate 40 bridge after the towboat’s captain lost consciousness, collapsing a section of the bridge and killing 14.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Lighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lighter. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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