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However, when volume spikes, a claimant may sit in a queue for an hour or longer.—
Arnold Sotelo,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026 -
The officers will be deployed in 72 violence zones across all five boroughs, and hit the streets when violence historically spikes - during the evening and early morning hours.—
Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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The Antarctic Peninsula, a spindly chain of icy mountains which sticks off the west side of the continent like a thumb pointing toward South America, is one of the fastest warming places in the Southern Hemisphere.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Each sticks their face in the fan at an admirable level, but separation ability will always be their calling card.—
Jimmy Durkin,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
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That same philosophy runs through the kitchen at Hodge's small inn on Havannah Harbor, The Residence.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The 79th Festival de Cannes kicked off on May 12 and runs through May 23.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
Verb
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Equal parts cringe comedy and social satire, the play skewers modern romance, class anxieties and the lies people tell themselves in the name of love.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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My review skewers the ability of the cast of six to transition into so many varied roles and dual identities.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Deborah pecks her before reluctantly giving in to more passionate smooches.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Joel, a 19‑year veteran, begins pursuing after another officer deploys a spike strip and punctures the Challenger's tires.—
Kelsy Mittauer,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The narrower design, combined with the several sharp teeth, effectively punctures through tough pepper skin and hard fruits to cut out the core and remove seeds in a matter of seconds.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The shower curtain opens, revealing an old woman, who stabs and decapitates Mary.—
Therie Hendrey-Seabrook,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 Mar. 2026
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But this person who was a friend, who owes her career to me, just stabs me in the back.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Here, the versatile actor portrays Mother Ann with kinetic religious fervor and an ethereal quality that all but transfixes you during the course of the 2¼-hour film.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Spindles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spindles. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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