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Verb
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On Wednesday, after a 4-0 Hurricanes win that was somehow more lopsided than the score indicated, that lone postseason loss seemed a whole lot farther than five days in the rear-view.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
28 May 2026 -
Some people in the video’s comment section speculated that Lindenthal’s shout-out may have indicated that the Wemby card had been tampered with in a way that should have disqualified it from being graded.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Lately, that’s meant leaning on his bench players.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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The fact that the halo effect provided by the festival was enough for Hollywood to haul itself out to the south of France meant something.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
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“Pointed (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointed%20%28to%29. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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