as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
tried to justify his unhinged tirade with a lot of stale and insincere bilge
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Recent Examples of bilge
The commercial value of these cartilaginous appendages is so great that fishers won’t waste space in the bilges of vessels by keeping the entire fish.
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Angela Posada-Swafford, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2024
The employee had complained that the ship had a leak and needed repairs to its cargo hold bilge system before Maersk fired him in March 2021, according to OSHA.
—Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2024
This kind of oily bilge water typically contains oil contamination from the operation and cleaning of the ship’s machinery, according to the Justice Department.
—Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
The 1,000 artifacts found on the bilge — lice combs, a silver French coin, rat droppings, pointy shoes with curly toes, flowering heather, a helmet with a Latin inscription — have also been put under the microscope.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 11 June 2023
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Angela Posada-Swafford, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2024
The employee had complained that the ship had a leak and needed repairs to its cargo hold bilge system before Maersk fired him in March 2021, according to OSHA.
—Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2024
This kind of oily bilge water typically contains oil contamination from the operation and cleaning of the ship’s machinery, according to the Justice Department.
—Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
The 1,000 artifacts found on the bilge — lice combs, a silver French coin, rat droppings, pointy shoes with curly toes, flowering heather, a helmet with a Latin inscription — have also been put under the microscope.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 11 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bilge
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By contrast, this rising international elite is creating something very different: a society in which superstition defeats reason and logic, transparency vanishes, and the nefarious actions of political leaders are obscured behind a cloud of nonsense and distraction.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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That ain't the show, the show is the nonsense that's happening in between John Wick.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Prosecutors allege Portillo’s body was found by police wrapped in garbage bags and clothes stuffed under a bed inside Coto-Navarro’s apartment.Nicole Acosta, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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The 55-year-old super’s body was found hidden under Navarro’s bed wrapped in clothing and two garbage bags, one covering his top half, the other covering his lower half.Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
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The property also grows its own herbs, greens, nuts, berries, and edible flowers.Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
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In the city center and suburbs of Maputo, mountains of rubbish were piling up.Tavares Cebola, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Not this current rubbish that has been served up and charged at Michelin star rates.Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Watch stupidity and laziness (my much better working title for The End of Work was The End of Laziness) rapidly disappear as technological advance erases so much of what people used to do for a living in favor of living for work.John Tamny, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Their books’ fantasies of martyrdom and religious metaphysics are a feint so as not to recognize the need for socialism at home and abroad, and to obscure American stupidity.Mark Greif, Harper's Magazine, 26 July 2024
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Nate Burleson to haters of NFL's promo clip featuring Taylor Swift: 'Wipe the drool off your tank top' Burleson didn't hold back while addressing the critics who decried seeing Swift in an NFL hype video.Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024
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The quick clip shows an angry and feral Xenomorph with dark sharp teeth and lips dripping with drool.Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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The Sycamore's true pièce de résistance, though, is its rear bunk room, which offers bed space for two while serving as a useful office space during daytime hours.New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
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Photo : Molly Culver The primary bedroom Photo : Molly Culver There are six bedrooms, plus a couple of bunk rooms, each with a mix of antique and contemporary furnishings.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2024
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But the Vikings plowed ahead in the muck, getting touchdown plunges from Foreman and Johnson to advance to the NFC title game in Dallas.Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
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The Bears were primed for a breakout season and wound up back in the muck and mire.Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Bilge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bilge. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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