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Recent Examples of lighter
Cult has already tried its hand at candles and cannabis paraphernalia, even Zippo lighters and umbrellas.
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Jessica Binns, Sourcing Journal, 17 Dec. 2024
This year’s torch lighters include soldiers, medical personnel and civilians who saved lives on Oct. 7.
—Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Many would have seen the sad sea turtle with a straw embedded deep into its nostril, or the albatross chicks having been fed bottle caps and cigarette lighters by their unknowing parents.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
In Aslan’s bedroom, his father, Nidal, pointed to items laid out neatly on his son’s bunk bed — a baseball cap, cigarette lighters, a piece of clothing blotted with blood.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 7 Sep. 2024
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Jessica Binns, Sourcing Journal, 17 Dec. 2024
This year’s torch lighters include soldiers, medical personnel and civilians who saved lives on Oct. 7.
—Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Many would have seen the sad sea turtle with a straw embedded deep into its nostril, or the albatross chicks having been fed bottle caps and cigarette lighters by their unknowing parents.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
In Aslan’s bedroom, his father, Nidal, pointed to items laid out neatly on his son’s bunk bed — a baseball cap, cigarette lighters, a piece of clothing blotted with blood.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 7 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lighter
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Investigating the Tracks' Origins In the study, the researchers assessed the viability of other potential explanations for the lines, including non-human animals, flotsam, the keel of ancient boats, and firewood.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
25 Feb. 2025
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The decision helped to mend the broken community, putting all players on a more even keel, and accelerated the adoption of the latest entry.—
Veerender Jubbal,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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There’s plenty to get tearful about in Banshees—the punishing effects of isolation, the claustrophobia of a life with limited options, the tender bond between the character played by Colin Farrell and his sister.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2025
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The Dolphins have lost players on restricted tenders (receiver Wes Welker) and franchise and transition tags (pass rusher Olivier Vernon and tight end Charles Clay) over the years.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2025
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Last fall Vineyard Theatre premiered the Wind and the Rain: A Story About Sunny’s Bar, on a barge in Red Hook, Brooklyn.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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On Saturday, dozens of spectators and journalists watched the tugs maneuver the barge into place while police kept boaters away from the site.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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One thing past cost cutters have practiced, humane treatment and protection of the American public seems to have been forgotten today.—
Peter Buonome,
Hartford Courant,
5 Mar. 2025
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Chamberlain’s daring hairstyle, which also featured choppy baby bangs, required a team of hair pros including stylist Sami Knight, cutter Frank (who goes by @fabulousfrank on Instagram) and colorist Anthony Vincent Ronquillo.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Doing so could allow the density of the asteroid to be calculated, based on its gravitational tug on the spacecraft.—
Jonathan O’Callaghan,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Indestructible ring ball: $24.99 Big dogs who like to play tug or chew their toys will love this indestructible ring ball.—
Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Bruno did not answer a question asking whether the lease is void under state laws governing board members’ conflicts at nonprofits and auxiliaries, and referred to the forensic examination delving into the station’s finances.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Feb. 2025
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In the years since, eight First Nations and dozens of their coastal communities have participated in the search-and-rescue auxiliary.—
Troy Aidan Sambajon,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Feb. 2025
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The captain explains where to find life jackets, where the lifeboats are located, and how to respond in an emergency.—
Andrew Rosen,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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His lifeboat had struck the ship and capsized instantly.—
Joel Sams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
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According to her Forbes profile, Ingram Marine operates 5,000 barges and approximately 150 towboats on America's inland waterways.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
11 Dec. 2024
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Another Washington's treaty ally, Japan, reported that a submarine and a rescue towboat of Russia on December 3 were sailing northward in the waters between two of the country's southwestern islands , a marginal sea of the Western .—
Ryan Chan,
Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2024
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“Lighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lighter. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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