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Verb
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Houston’s Guilherme Santos matched a first-half goal by the Galaxy’s Joseph Paintsil and the Dynamo and Galaxy played to a 1-1 draw on Saturday night at Dignity Health Sports Park.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026 -
The state's digital forensic expert testified about hundreds of texts messages between Kouri and Carmen, that matched Carmen's timeline of when Kouri contacted her for drugs.—
Natalie Morales,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
Verb
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The man was sitting inside his gray Chevrolet Equinox when an unknown individual approached with a gun and demanded money.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
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Best allegedly approached the White House complex and fired several shots, injuring a bystander.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
Verb
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The man kissed and touched his neck and rubbed his genitals against Gilboa-Dalal.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
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There’s a vulnerability to being touched by something, to finding something sexy or scary, and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is filled with a wry but immense compassion for its heroine and her habit of holding up concepts to ward off her own reactions.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
14 May 2026
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“Measured (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measured%20%28up%29. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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