quilling

Definition of quillingnext
present participle of quill
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Verb
  • Lead Ambitiously Embracing ambitious goals enables companies to break free from limitations and rewrite the rules of competition by punching above their weight.
    Kapil Jain, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • When Kansas City officials talk about punching above their weight class as a sports market, rankings like the one issued Monday by the Sports Business Journal support the claim.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • In partnership with Underdog, a popular daily fantasy sports (DFS) and pick'em betting platform, Brooks revealed a one-of-a-kind board game poking fun at SGA.
    Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
  • Plenty of skilled directors can manipulate tension and fear while still poking us toward nervous laughter.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • The painting, surrounded by scaffolding while the church undergoes repairs, is full of thrusting diagonals and shadowy figures, a meditation on both extreme suffering and pointed indifference to it.
    Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • No sooner are Lucila and her brother Diego (Sergio Bautista) tearfully abandoned by their mother as children than the Spanish setting takes the wheel, thrusting us quickly and headfirst into Lucila’s young adult life nearly a decade later, without even half a second’s worth of reflection.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 May 2026
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“Quilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quilling. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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