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as in slouching
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Verb
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Even factors as simple as lying in bed or slouching over can affect the nasal cycle.—
Adam Taylor,
CNN Money,
8 Mar. 2026 -
Twenty years after it was released, Fox News began slouching toward Bethlehem.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2026
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Tremblay, her daughter said, was ejected from the plane upon impact and was thrown more than 300 feet — nearly the length of a football field — before slamming and skidding onto the tarmac.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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The agency’s rules touch virtually every facet of transportation safety, including regulations that keep airplanes in the sky, prevent gas pipelines from exploding and stop freight trains carrying toxic chemicals from skidding off the rails.—
Jesse Coburn,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Wrinkles, sun spots and sagging skin have become so demonized, that even teenagers — decades away from this reality — and increasingly men, previously exempt from this ruinous beauty standard, have started to fear, anticipate and prepare for their arrival.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
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When Nordstrom went private last year, the move was seen by industry analysts as a way to let the founding family make the changes needed to rejuvenate its sagging department store business without being hemmed in by Wall Street’s short-term focus on profits.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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By some measures, however, its influence had appeared to be waning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Two of women’s basketball’s biggest names had a heated exchange in the waning moments of a Final Four classic on Friday.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
4 Apr. 2026
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Sam's Club just debuted the Member's Mark Shrimp Tempura and Coconut Shrimp Tray which includes 25 pieces—15 coconut shrimp and 10 tempura shrimp—as well as two dipping sauces, a soy sauce and sweet chili sauce.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026
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Couples will receive one six-pack of Insomnia’s signature warm cookies, three dipping sauces — milk chocolate, white chocolate and caramel — and two bottles of milk.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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Its owner is a charismatic cowboy over 6 feet tall with slightly drooping jowls and bright blue eyes, a community fixture and something of a local legend.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Paramylodon harlani was not like today’s cutesy tree sloths, drooping in the jungle canopy.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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In the poor quarters of New Delhi, households struggling to pay for gas fired up chulhas, old-school wood-burning stoves, and hoped their tinder supplies held.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Lillibridge says the prices are piling onto an already struggling industry.—
Lana Zak,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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European luxury is entering a high-stakes first-quarter reporting period as sentiment has taken a decisive hit, just as many of the sector's big names were nearing a turning point after years of declining sales.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Royal Navy has shrunk dramatically since the Cold War ended, with combat-ready ships declining from 166 in 1975 to 66 in 2025, following decades of military spending cuts.—
Pan Pylas,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Slumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumping. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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