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Adverb
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Current boyfriend Oli Green is up to snuff in a regulation dark City-of-London/Wall-Street let’s-argue-about-the-tariffs suit, but the suit has got a hellish job of work boosting Green even so much as a few months older than his 28 years.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025 -
But there were dissidents within the meeting even so.—
Eva Amsen,
JSTOR Daily,
11 June 2025
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Approval for mainstream use, however, might take a few years.—
Elycia Rubin,
HollywoodReporter,
30 July 2025
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There are, however, plants that always need staking even if they are grown in optimal conditions.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 July 2025
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And yet, for most organizations, it’s still viewed in three limited ways: a tool for building client relationships, a necessary expense, or a logistical nuisance.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Thankfully, Amazon’s fashion department is still overflowing with matching sets for summer — and our favorites are all less than $40.—
Hailey Roy,
People.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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As has been explained, though, that first friendly of three that have been planned will now not take place thanks to a promoter dispute.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Before his body disappears into the water, though, Sophie accidentally answers his phone.—
Melissa Locker,
Time,
23 July 2025
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Challenged by armed gangs in southern Gaza and a population that has expressed open anger at Hamas, the militant group has nevertheless found a way to continue the fight, exacting a deadly price with each passing week that goes by without a ceasefire.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
12 July 2025
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My mother spoke of my grandmother’s sober beauty, plain and simple but nevertheless an inspiration to my grandfather.—
Jhumpa Lahiri,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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This work has taken place in what’s known as the Government Community Cloud, which is intended for information that is not classified but is nonetheless sensitive.—
Elizabeth Rayne,
ArsTechnica,
26 July 2025
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Counsell understood the question was relating to the trade deadline but was trying to evade it nonetheless.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
25 July 2025
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“Per contra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/per%20contra. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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