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Recent Examples of spindle
The Safavieh Parker Dining Chairs are the perfect mix of farmhouse and transitional style with their durable oak wood frame and spindle flat-back design.
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Sanah Faroke, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
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Sanah Faroke, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spindle
Verb
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Often called Chinese fringe flower, its delicate blossoms hang in lightly scented clusters ranging from white to pink to burgundy.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 Feb. 2025
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Hoya has thick, glossy leaves that range from deep green to pink.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Jan. 2025
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Image Image Outside, a whiteboard listed who speared each sturgeon and their weights and lengths.—
Brian Kaiser,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Packages of cucumbers—that had been either chopped, sliced, or speared—had initially been recalled last month amid fears they may be contaminated with the potentially deadly food poising bug.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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This week, an Israeli missile lanced through his house, killing the 23 people inside, including more than a dozen women and two children.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Oct. 2024
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But an Israeli missile lanced through his house, killing the 23 people inside, including more than a dozen women and two children.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Oct. 2024
Verb
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At times, those on the margins get inside, if only briefly, and others, who were established, get spit out.—
Deborah Treisman,
The New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2025
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Sten Lennart Jakobsen/East Zealand Museum About 66 million years ago, just before the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, a fish chewed up and spit out some sea creatures.—
James Doubek,
NPR,
29 Jan. 2025
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His contract will run through the 2025 season with options for ‘26, ‘27 and ‘28.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
15 Feb. 2025
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His deal runs through 2027 with a club option for the 2028 campaign.—
Braidon Nourse,
The Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2025
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The magazine also reported that sales for Unorthodox Jukebox spiked by 92 percent to 81,000 after his Super Bowl Halftime Show performance.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
9 Feb. 2025
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By August, that price had spiked to around $80, and in recent weeks the price has fluctuated between $130 and $150, Price said.—
Wire Report,
The Mercury News,
9 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The question of security guarantees is a sticking point for companies, Ukrainian businessmen and analysts said.—
Samya Kullab and Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Language learning app Duolingo killed off its plucky mascot, Duo the owl, this week — creating a social media marketing moment that may have more sticking power than recent Super Bowl ads.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
15 Feb. 2025
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If the extreme temperatures and limited supplies of oxygen don’t get you, a centimetre-size piece of space debris could puncture your spacesuit, leading to rapid depressurization and death.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Bullets had already punctured the porch steps of Mel Aaron’s home in the East Lake neighborhood of Birmingham, Ala., one of the most violent cities in America.—
Eduardo Medina,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Spindle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spindle. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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