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Verb
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The old woman, though, stares at the screen, the shadow of a smile curled into her lips and a frown barely creasing her forehead.—
Matthew Bremner,
Rolling Stone,
5 Jan. 2025 -
The ball curled through the proverbial eye of a needle, between Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez, and behind Alexis Mac Allister, who was forced to spin on his heels.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Instead discussion seems to take place across a cavernous gap.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The cavernous coffee shop is great for people-watching.—
Akash Kapur,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But in fact these dental alveolar syndesmoses (technical speak for the tiny ligamentous joint between the tooth and jaw socket) move all the time.—
Bethany Brookshire,
Scientific American,
25 Jan. 2025
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Getting a tooth pulled carries a risk of experiencing a dry socket, also known as alveolar osteitis.—
Maxine Lipner,
Verywell Health,
19 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Artisans then brought them to life in shatter-safe glass panels applied to a hollow transparent heel unit.—
Lily Templeton,
WWD,
12 Mar. 2025
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The adorable hollow sweet hides the surprise inside, upping the fun of any Easter basket.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Spring training always represents a small sample, and this is even smaller given the compressed calendar before the Cubs face the Los Angeles Dodgers (March 18-19).—
Patrick Mooney,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
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But this groin injury will likely keep James, who is listed as out for Monday, sidelined for a significant amount of games during the Lakers’ compressed stretch of games over the next couple of weeks.—
Khobi Price,
Orange County Register,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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He had been wounded last summer, not far from the Russian border in northeastern Ukraine, when a blast from a grenade fractured his right shoulder blade, a bullet hit him just below his right collarbone, another tore through his left shoulder, and a third broke three ribs.—
Michael Holtz,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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Douglas was sent to prison in 1985 after he and three other men were convicted for bursting into the East New York home of a drug dealer and killing three and wounding seven in a case that grabbed headlines for its horrific details.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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While raising a family, Grimes enrolled at the University of Central Missouri.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
25 Dec. 2024
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Mom immediately enrolled us in gun safety classes – can't imagine why!—
James F. Hales Remembering Rogers,
arkansasonline.com,
25 Dec. 2024
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“Dimpled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimpled. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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