as in to dump
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
bad habits are hard to shuck off
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Roth could dump the ROM and analyze functionality as a result.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025 -
Major winter storms have dumped snow and cold weather on the Mid-Atlantic and the South.—
Alejandra Borunda,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2025
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The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
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That’s $57 billion in gold and other components irresponsibly discarded.—
David Joosten,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Imagine adding a talent like Sasaki without having to use a first-round draft pick, or having to unload five prospects to acquire him in a trade, or having to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to sign him as a free agent.—
Jim Bowden,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Manning was unloading his gear with his mother around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 16 when his six-month old Great Dane puppy, Muffin, ran into the road at their Slidell, La., home.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Johnson enters the new year trying to ditch the missteps and the controversies that have left his political standing in the dust.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2025
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Some will give you immediate satisfaction (such as ditching paper and going digital), while others will pay off over time (like focusing on decluttering one space at a time).—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Jan. 2025
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Moss and Freeman sued Giuliani — a former New York City mayor and a supporter of Donald Trump — for defamation for falsely accusing them of committing election fraud in connection with the 2020 election that Trump lost to Joe Biden.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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Democracy is in recession in all quarters of the globe, including in the West, where political centrism has been steadily losing ground to illiberal populism.—
Charles A. Kupchan,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Shuck (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shuck%20%28off%29. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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