as in to set off
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Instead of setting off 12 years of party control like Reagan did, Dems eked out just four, and now risk finding themselves in the political wilderness.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025 -
At a brilliant Prada show, the models seemed to barely have time to grab faux fur wraps and coats to throw over their pajamas before setting off for parts unknown.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
21 Jan. 2025
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The streaming potency of the 2014 film helped motivate the decision by Disney to mobilize a Moana streaming series for Disney+, which was then refashioned into a theatrical sequel.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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Chinese authorities have dismissed speculation about COVID’s origins as unhelpful and motivated by politics.—
David Klepper,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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Instead, that sharp intake of breath is induced by a library.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2025
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The headband emits acoustic simulation that responds to the user’s brainwaves to induce sleep by suppressing alpha waves, which occur when the brain is in a relaxed state but still awake.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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City rarely make statement signings in January — their last one was Aymeric Laporte in 2018 — and this should get everyone at the club pumped up for the second half of the campaign.—
Elias Burke,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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More Football: Quinn Ewers Declares For NFL Draft: 5 Teams That Could Select Texas Quarterback Later that year, while the Huskers were trailing Ohio State 20-6 in a game, Burkhead pumped up his teammates by mentioning his new friend.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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White working-class New Yorkers increasingly felt not only alienated but also motived to express their dissatisfaction.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
3 Oct. 2024
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The very last people who aren’t really motived to change any of this are the publishers themselves.—
Paul Sutter,
Ars Technica,
12 July 2024
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It is inspired by the extraordinary real-life story of Mathias Rust, a young West German teenager in 1987 who shocked the world by flying through Soviet air defences and landed a Cessna aeroplane right in the middle of the Red Square.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Jian DeLeon, men’s fashion director, Nordstrom Favorite collections: Lemaire, Sacai, Rick Owens, Kiko Kostadinov, Dior Best show format: Louis Vuitton’s archival exhibition featuring the collectibles from Pharrell and Nigo’s archives that inspired the show.—
Rhonda Richford,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
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Platinum Moon energize the Space Ballroom on Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m. $21.54.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
25 Jan. 2025
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The people in your network can energize or deplete you.—
Joseph Liu,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Apple’s recent software update, iOS 18.3, automatically activates the Apple Intelligence feature for both new users and those upgrading on eligible devices.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
24 Jan. 2025
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There is a release clause of around €55million (£46m) and Athletic will only sell if that gets activated, so the fact his contract ends in 2027 is irrelevant.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Key (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/key%20%28up%29. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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