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as in coats
to form a layer over
the butter should evenly overspread the baking pan
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Continue until the solution makes a paste and coats the entire surface of the tub.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025 -
When rice makes the journey from paddy to grocery store to your home, with a few stops along the way, the grains rub against each other, resulting in a layer of starch that coats the outside of each individual grain.—
Emily Johnson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
9 Oct. 2025
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Vitamin D supplements are another, since vitamin D deficiency often overlaps with SAD and can cause many of the same symptoms, like fatigue.—
Maggie O'Neill,
SELF,
20 Oct. 2025
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Chasing a stoppage-time winner at the Bernabeu to keep their title hopes alive in April 2017, Alba overlaps Andre Gomes on the left.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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The new beach collection, which launched globally this week, covers shirts, shorts, swim shorts and accessories in Italian linen, silk and towelling with fine jacquard and embroidery across some of the pieces.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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According to Kroll Settlement Administration, the settlement fund covers attorney’s fees and expenses up to $200,000, service award to class representatives up to $3,000 and settlement administration costs, which are still to be determined.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Overspreads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overspreads. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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