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Adjective
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Actually 2 questions: 1) Do race fans, reporters, and aficionados accept vague whiny complaints from the drivers about how the car is to blame without demanding some type of backup?—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025 -
No, because this is the NHL, where all the GMs are whiny babies and making trades is too hard.—
Sean McIndoe,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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While discussing his Christmas shopping habits, Rodgers casually dropped the news, explaining that he was stressed about a late-arriving gift for his partner.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
25 Dec. 2024
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In the alleged message, Nathan weighs the power of Lively’s fanbase while discussing a potential social media plan that would help suppress negative content about Baldoni and amplify negative content about Lively, according to the complaint.—
Rachel DeSantis,
People.com,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Jeff Zucker, the company’s chief executive during Mr. Trump’s first term, leaned hard into accountability coverage of the Trump administration and aired strident on-air criticism of the president during prime-time opinion shows.—
Benjamin Mullin,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Kennedy, a strident anti-vaccine activist, also appeared to be on a surprisingly smooth path after the Senate voted 53-47 to move forward with his confirmation.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.—
Hisham Matar,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
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Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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This drug-free nasal suction device works quickly to soothe nasal passages by sucking out mucus, allergens and germs.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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An allergic reaction to a dog or cat can cause sneezing, nasal congestion, itchy eyes, hives and other symptoms, according to the Mayo Clinic.—
Krystal Nurse,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.—
Bryce MillerColumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2023
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In Soledar, an old salt mining town, earsplitting explosions crack in every direction.—
Jeffrey Gettleman,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2022
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“Yapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yapping. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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