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Adjective
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Steve Mariucci and the coaching staff didn’t seem to know what to make of Rice, who had become more temperamental and withdrawn.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2025 -
The expressions on these youthful figures are intent and heartfelt: obedient, frightened, absorbed, wary, withdrawn, cruel, proud, sly, or shy.—
Michael Bracewell,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Another voice in the group floated the idea that someone could use an unattended CAC account to snoop on the president's medical records.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Massachusetts State Police troopers on Tuesday responded to an unattended death aboard an Air France flight from Paris to Boston Logan International Airport.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Star players had to be sold regularly: Richarlison to Tottenham Hotspur at the end of that season, as part of a forlorn attempt at PSR compliance.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Watch on Deadline Dusty is a quiet guy and O’Connor, probably not a casting director’s idea of a cowboy, really manages to show us who this young man is, often with just his forlorn facial expressions rather than the limited dialogue he is given in many scenes.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The department does not just look at violent crimes as isolated incidents, but instead identifies patterns and repeat offenders to find those who are driving crime in Aurora, Thomas said.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Last summer, an unsettling quiet cloaked the isolated Southwest Alaska community of King Cove as the town’s economic engine — a sprawling seafood processing plant — sat shuttered.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Spend the day exploring secluded sand dunes, collecting seashells or climbing to the top of Old Baldy, the state’s oldest lighthouse, for breathtaking views of the Atlantic.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Feb. 2025
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While its housing market is competitive, with only a couple dozen homes currently available, all of them priced over one million dollars, the family-friendly community’s most expensive home on the market is a secluded estate spread across more than 10 acres and asking for $25 million.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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That process, undertaken in cloistered seclusion, provides not only the movie’s action but also its warily aggressive tone.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
29 Nov. 2024
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This is not the first time that a group of Silicon Valley elites have attempted to build a cloistered community, away from but still adjacent to the center of the tech industry.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
23 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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But for people who are older and severely lonely, having an appointment to see their doctor might be their only social interaction that day.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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In a recent Harvard University study, every fifth American reported feeling lonely, and that number is even higher among young adults and seniors.—
John Hewko,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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After a couple of range-finding kicks and a solitary jab, Salkilld stepped into range and landed a hammer of a straight right that sent Jubli crashing to the canvas.—
Simon Head,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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Whales in Fight or Flight Baleen whales are often more solitary, as compared to orcas, and include species like humpbacks, blue whales, and gray whales.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Friendless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friendless. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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