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Recent Examples of hardcase
Its hardcase shells are made with aerospace-grade, water-resistant polycarbonate materials.
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Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2024
Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardcase
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The cousins’ eventual arrival at the home Grandma Dory left behind to escape the Nazis is handled in a way that’s unsentimental yet also credible and thoroughly touching, with a gentle twist that nicely serves the arc of David and Benji’s roller-coaster relationship.Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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In the extreme dry taking summer into winter, its flange collects the scant dew, converting it into persistence and unsentimental imagery.John Kinsella, The New York Review of Books, 31 Oct. 2024
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In a smaller pot of water over high heat, boil eggs, covered, until just hard-boiled, 7 minutes, then run under cold water.Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2023
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For lunch or dinner, top a salad with scrambled or hard-boiled eggs.Amanda MacMillan, Health, 1 Mar. 2023
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Others rocked up in hazmat suits in a sarcastic swipe at China’s stringent Covid control measures, which saw Shanghai locked down for roughly two months and sparked rare protests.Chris Lau, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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The sentiment is respectable — gun violence is bad — but the song’s satire feels half-baked because Martin just doesn’t have the sarcastic sensibility needed.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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Eventually, Stewart managed to rebuild herself as a sort of ironic celebrity.Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Which is ironic since the drama is based on a novel by Kong Ji-Young and Hitonari Tsuji.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Zoe Saldaña as Rita, a jaded defense attorney for white-collar criminals, is writing her closing argument, asking the jury to exonerate her client, a corrupt bureaucrat accused of pushing his wife off a balcony.Paula Aceves, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Even the most jaded executives get excited about new technologies.Fred Swaniker, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Crucially, they are grounded in real-world experiences, from a recent exchange with worldly-wise restaurant waitresses in Bordeaux exemplifying trust and collaboration, to the coaching of top CEOs over the past 20 years.HEC Paris Insights, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Heather Alicia Simms and Vanessa Bell Calloway are both sharp, witty, and poignant without sentimentality as the play’s two matriarchal figures, the formidable Missy Judson and Idella Landy, the wry, worldly-wise housekeeper who essentially raised Charlie.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
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“Hardcase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardcase. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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