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Wear one with boots now and lighten up with sneakers or sandals once warmer weather hits.
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Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Wood’s Chelsea seems determined to get Goggins’s Rick to lighten up, but then learns of his real reasons for going to Thailand.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
If, as the betting markets have begun to predict, Woodall plays the next James Bond, my advice is to seriously lighten up.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
The steadiest snow is expected between 6 p.m. Tuesday night and 2 a.m. Wednesday, with rates up to one inch per hour, according to forecasters, with the precipitation expected to lighten up and transition to a mix of freezing rain and sleet late Wednesday morning or Wednesday evening.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
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Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Wood’s Chelsea seems determined to get Goggins’s Rick to lighten up, but then learns of his real reasons for going to Thailand.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
If, as the betting markets have begun to predict, Woodall plays the next James Bond, my advice is to seriously lighten up.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
The steadiest snow is expected between 6 p.m. Tuesday night and 2 a.m. Wednesday, with rates up to one inch per hour, according to forecasters, with the precipitation expected to lighten up and transition to a mix of freezing rain and sleet late Wednesday morning or Wednesday evening.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Lighten up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lighten%20up. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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