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Adjective
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The monounsaturated fat makes canola less susceptible to oxidation, Kane adds.—
Matt Fuchs,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025 -
People with blue or light-colored eyes are more susceptible to photophobia than people with brown or dark-colored eyes.—
Laura Schober,
Health,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Roughly 280,000 school children were unvaccinated and unprotected against measles during the 2023-2024 school year alone, the CDC said.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2025
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The cuts risk losing the web of contacts built during years of working in those countries and leaving groups on the ground unprotected from government repression, Twining argued in the call.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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Likewise, movement jobs require individuals with the capacity to face forces that are endangering the lives of many people, engage in rigorous political education, take in constructive feedback, and be accountable to the most vulnerable communities.—
Aparna Rae,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Ensuring the youngest and most vulnerable individuals have access to safe and nutritionally adequate formula products is a top priority for the FDA.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Bailey's predicament isn't the first time a dog has found itself in an amusingly helpless situation.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Flames’ penalty kill was the NHL’s best in March before Monday (95.5 percent), but the Maple Leafs made the group look helpless with one goal from William Nylander and two by Matthews.—
Nick Ashbourne,
The Athletic,
18 Mar. 2025
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For more than a century, the U.S. and Canada built a close, prosperous partnership—standing together in war, mutually fueling their economies through trade, and maintaining the world's longest undefended border.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s aggressive tariffs may undermine another of his objectives — countering the dangers posed by a (largely) undefended Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, at a time when China and Russia are taking an increasing interest in the Arctic.—
The Editors,
National Review,
7 Mar. 2025
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“In the lurch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in%20the%20lurch. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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