put by

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Recent Examples of put by While a few noted that the croissant had decent flavor, most were off-put by the lack of color and dough-like texture. Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024 When the smoke cleared, leaving stains on the green that didn’t affect their shots, Scheffler, who missed birdie puts by inches on 16 and 17, came up an inch short again on his 26-footer. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024 Truman answers the questions put by Pearl’s diners. Liz Smith, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
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Verb
  • After a bit of work scraping out the cocoons, they can be stored in the refrigerator.
    Martha Ann Overland, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
  • For best freshness for longer, store them stem side down, and do not stack them on top of each other.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • That woman tuned out to be Barba, who police discovered in a car nearby an apartment where the drugs were meant to be stashed with a shoebox of fentanyl on the front passenger floor.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The Lifting Eye Serum, to Dr. Barbara Sturm Enzyme Cleanser and more, Olivia Culpo has been known to stash a few high-end buys in her beauty cabinet.
    Dahvi Shira, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The rub lay in a provision of the Basel Convention, which stated that an object sent from one country to another for reuse, rather than disposal, wasn’t waste but a thing of value.
    Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Down below, Tahitian Terrace lay in ruins.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025

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