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as in goes (to)
to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage
unable to achieve their ends politically, some of the opposition groups have begun to resort to violence
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as in haunts
to go to or spend time in often
resorted to the library whenever he felt the need for a little peace and quiet
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Verb
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Luck isn’t one of the central characters of the book, but his story haunts it.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025 -
The experience haunts Ortegas through the season, affecting her morale and pushing her even into outright insubordination.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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There is one woman who regularly frequents the small dog area with her little doggo.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
8 Sep. 2025
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There is one woman who regularly frequents the small-dog area with her little doggo.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
8 Sep. 2025
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Stars have been everywhere this week, in New York, a glowing Cardi B visits Jimmy Fallon's talk show, while Jessica Alba and Danny Ramirez are pictured out and about in the Big Apple.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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Miley Cyrus visits the SiriusXM studios in Los Angeles on July 15, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The logic puzzles seemed tailor-made for someone like Morgan, a high-IQ intellectual who consults with the police and notices things others miss.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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The team consults the Urban Dictionary for meanings of less common terms and reviews an internal document of objectionable configurations.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Resorts (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resorts%20%28to%29. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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