as in invasion
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as in undressing
to remove clothing from
the nurse told the nervous mother to strip her screaming baby down to his diaper for the exam
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as in depriving
to take something away from
an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority
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Noun
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Hubbard was in Izyum when Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2025 -
The strike in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown was one of Moscow's deadliest this year in the conflict, launched with the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.—
Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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The easily readable summations that AI creates mean users have fewer incentives to click through to publisher sites, depriving sites of traffic and, ultimately, ad income.—
Geoffroy Martin,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Yoon survived a first impeachment vote last weekend, when his party largely boycotted the vote, depriving parliament of a quorum.—
Joyce Lee,
USA TODAY,
14 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Once the Cubs began their occupancy in 1916, change became typical through the ballpark’s early decades.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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The county will issue the incentives at the time of certification of occupancy in exchange for a deed restriction that requires occupancy by a local worker, Cussen said.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These aren't colonial outposts but partnerships built on mutual interests, allowing the U.S. to project power, deter adversaries, and shape global security without the need for war or occupation.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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More than 50,000 people, including thousands of children, have been killed in Israel’s offensive in Gaza, according to the local Health Ministry in the enclave, which has been run by Hamas since 2007 after Israel ended its 38-year occupation.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2025
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It was framed as a copyright infringement lawsuit, rather than a battle over ownership due to a three-year statute of limitations that was maxed out multiple times over because Country Grammar was released 24 years ago.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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The bill includes a notice-and-takedown provision, similar to existing regulation of online copyright infringement.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Stripping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stripping. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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