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Verb
  • Journey fans were bummed when their favorite band had to hot-foot it off the stage on Friday (March 14) just five songs into their set at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at NRG Stadium.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Yoshi’s bummed about being denied a puppy by her parents, tempers her anger and fills the void with a scavenger hunt in her backyard that turns up a lizard (Laggie) and a cricket (Grillo).
    Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The clouds will probably hang around much of the night with a low around 44.
    Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Trumbull hung around in the third quarter and Tunaise drove in for a layup with less than a minute left to cut the lead to 42-35.
    Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Charismatic slacker Raj and uptight striver Mir aren’t just foils for each other; their mutual love is unmistakable, which gives weight to the looming prospect that the stress of salvaging Baba’s empire could tear them apart.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
  • When Alyssa's slacker boyfriend steals their rent money, the girls race against the clock to get the funds back to avoid eviction from their dubious landlord, embarking on a series of chaotic escapades across Los Angeles.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Used cars will go up big and auto plants will be idled like mad.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Their boat was found idling in circles, sparking a massive search.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Goldbrick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goldbrick. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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