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Verb
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Grande has fronted the show twice, including pulling double duty as musical guest in her hosting debut.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
7 Feb. 2025 -
Gwen Stefani returned to her roots in fishnets and plaid Gwen Stefani fronts No Doubt.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
31 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Then, in November, with the election of Donald Trump and the Republicans’ return to power in Congress, the question of how best to respond to opioid-use disorder was confronted with new uncertainty.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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On the internet, you are confronted with different perspectives on reality.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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Such a shift invokes concomitant issues, ones that Bentley is not alone in facing.—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
9 Feb. 2025
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The 11-year-old had faced numerous health challenges and was very frail, Fasino wrote in a Facebook post.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN,
9 Feb. 2025
Verb
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How can breast cancer support groups help patients and survivors?—
Sam Manzella,
Flow Space,
30 Sep. 2024
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Advertisement Cronin doesn’t feel like a marathoner who has breasted the tape so much as one in the middle of a race.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2024
Verb
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Sandy Liang Emhoff braved the cold at Sandy Liang, layering a puff-sleeve baby-doll dress over baggy light wash jeans.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
11 Feb. 2025
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George Clooney braved the New York City cold on Thursday, Feb. 7 for one very special reason.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The shoes at the show were just as eye-catching as the hats, so large that some models didn’t dare to walk down the stairs to the end of the runway but rather strutted right to the edge of the stairwell—maybe a nod to the storyline of Dracula’s muses not being able to escape.—
Kerane Marcellus,
Essence,
11 Feb. 2025
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In one incident, a male cop at Harlem’s 32nd Precinct dared a male detective to drink the express milk a sergeant had just pumped.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Face up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/face%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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