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Recent Examples of curdle
Chastain’s ticking-time-bomb-of-a-performance beautifully demonstrates how passion can curdle into addiction and abuse.
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Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Excessive depictions of pain, as in Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, can curdle understanding into a kind of grimy sympathy or, worse, distaste.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
What started as a ticket curdled into a trip to the Hammocks station in handcuffs and a booking for resisting arrest at the Turner Guilford Knight jail.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
In a few short hours, the celebration that Tommy’s family had expected curdled to shock and grief.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
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Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Excessive depictions of pain, as in Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, can curdle understanding into a kind of grimy sympathy or, worse, distaste.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
What started as a ticket curdled into a trip to the Hammocks station in handcuffs and a booking for resisting arrest at the Turner Guilford Knight jail.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
In a few short hours, the celebration that Tommy’s family had expected curdled to shock and grief.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curdle
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However, relations between the U.S. and Ukraine have soured recently following the election of President Donald Trump.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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Options could include former Minnesota Vikings signal-caller Sam Darnold, whose career resurgence in 2024 was soured by a pair of losses to end the season; or Kirk Cousins, who was a splashy offseason signing in Atlanta one year ago only to lose his starting job.—
Greg Rosenstein,
NBC News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Christian and Brax, estranged for nearly a decade for reasons that still aren’t entirely clear, find their way back to one another through a series of charming encounters.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Mar. 2025
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Dear Eric: My sister (85) and I (80) have been estranged for about five years.—
R. Eric Thomas,
The Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2025
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The plot continues to thicken as March 30 marks the beginning of Neptune’s journey through Aries after transiting in Pisces since 2011.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Twists On Tradition Throughout the bushwacker’s history, different places have put their own spin on the ingredient list, but the drink usually contains some combo of rum, coffee liqueur, crème de cacao, amaretto and coconut cream, thickened with milk, half-and-half or ice cream.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
19 Mar. 2025
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Consumer Complaints Led To The Recall Danone North America initiated this recall after receiving customer complaints about the following complaints: Odd texture and separation – Consumers reported that the creamer was clumping or separating before the expiration date.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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My lashes are non existent without mascara and a lot of them clump my lashes together but the Anastasia Beverly Hills Lash Sculpt Lengthening & Volumizing Mascara has been a repurchase for me ever since receiving.—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Curdle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curdle. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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