as in to nose out
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Mahomes has mostly kept his nose out of trouble during the 2024 season.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
17 Jan. 2025 -
He’s only been Contact Manager of the Year once, in 2020, but has been fractionally nosed out for first multiple other times (including by Burnes in 2023).—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
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UConn men’s basketball blown out by No. 10 St. John’s at Madison Square Garden, 89-75 UConn men’s basketball visits No. 10 St. John’s for big-time matchup at MSG: How to watch UConn president: $160M deficit under Lamont’s budget.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
23 Feb. 2025
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While Oklahoma City had tremendous talent with the clear ability to make the playoffs, last season’s expectations were blown out of the water.—
Nick Crain,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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The food was great, but I was blown away by the desserts and drinks.—
Shafaq Patel,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Club name was unable to blow away numbers as each large enterprise figures out how to use the AI agents platform.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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Chris Brown left his mark on the 2025 NAACP Image Awards, sweeping all three categories in which he was nominated.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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These bookings constitute major coups for the British star, who swept the Brit Awards a year ago.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
24 Feb. 2025
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The setting looks more Duluth than D.C. — it's snowed under, which hasn't happened here at Christmas since 2009.—
Mimi Montgomery,
Axios,
23 Dec. 2024
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In Watertown, New York, which has been similarly snowed under in recent days, the outlook was a bit better − up to 10 inches of additional snow were in the forecast.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
4 Dec. 2024
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Healthy coyotes can be skinned for the fur, and the glands, urine, teeth, claws, and bones can be used for various purposes.—
Skye Goode,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
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But what people don’t understand, people like that, is that that’s just one way that songwriters skin the cat, kill the bird, whatever.—
Katherine Turman,
SPIN,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Minervois is a sunny land of black truffles, red marble, oak and juniper forests and castles constructed by Cathars (pescatarian Christians who disdained the symbol of the cross, were branded as heretics and subsequently slaughtered wholesale by Papal decree in the 13th century).—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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As a result of the spread, infected birds have been selectively slaughtered across the country, sometimes millions of birds at a single location.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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This was a record turnaround among SpaceX launches from Space Coast launch pads at 2 hours and 54 minutes besting October’s double launch that saw a Falcon 9 launch at CCSFS just eight hours, 42 minutes after a Falcon Heavy launch at KSC.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, Brockton’s Lucas Andrade did the same in the boys race (7.30), besting the original mark set by Needham’s Davonte Burnett in 2018.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Edge (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edge%20%28out%29. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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