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Recent Examples of lifeblood
But many travelers miss out on exploring the falls’ lifeblood: the expansive Zambezi River, which flows through or forms the border of six countries.
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Alexandra Owens, AFAR Media, 10 Feb. 2025
Yet commercials are the lifeblood of the N.F.L. Without them, broadcasters could not afford to pay the league billions of dollars for rights fees, money that goes to paying players’ salaries and much more.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Both local programs have a lot to prove and play for, with recruiting the lifeblood of college athletics.
—Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025
That said, YouTube is the lifeblood in determining whether a movie is poised to skyrocket down the road in its opening weekend; Fantastic Four is in great standing on YouTube as the No. 1 trending video.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
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Alexandra Owens, AFAR Media, 10 Feb. 2025
Yet commercials are the lifeblood of the N.F.L. Without them, broadcasters could not afford to pay the league billions of dollars for rights fees, money that goes to paying players’ salaries and much more.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Both local programs have a lot to prove and play for, with recruiting the lifeblood of college athletics.
—Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025
That said, YouTube is the lifeblood in determining whether a movie is poised to skyrocket down the road in its opening weekend; Fantastic Four is in great standing on YouTube as the No. 1 trending video.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeblood
Noun
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But in villages such as Grindelwald, sledding is just a part of winter life.—
Terry Ward,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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Wednesday’s loss against Real Madrid would have undoubtedly been analysed within an inch of its life by Guardiola, but the first goal scored by Kylian Mbappe coming from a simple ball over the top should have been a warning sign for what was to come on Sunday afternoon.—
Sam Lee,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Our pageant community has lost a beautiful soul — one who was a true light in this world.—
Vivian Kwarm,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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According to Owens, excellence is impossible for a restless soul.—
Leslie D. Rose,
Parents,
19 Feb. 2025
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Her work sheds light on issues such as human trafficking and systemic oppression, and Shakti hopes to empower other women through her paintings.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN,
24 July 2024
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The Milky Way’s earliest pieces In a recent paper, researchers using the Gaia space telescope identified two streams of stars, named Shakti and Shiva, each of which contains a total mass of around 10 million Suns and which are thought to have merged into the Milky Way around 12 billion years ago.—
Georgina Torbet,
Ars Technica,
10 June 2024
Noun
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So something to the spirit of that is really speaking to me.—
David Kinne,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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However nebulous, these extravagant plans signal a spirit of collaboration.—
Kyle Chayka,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
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Give your inner light a chance to shine, touch people’s lives and enrich the world around you.—
Eugenia Last,
The Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2024
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This effect is especially powerful at night, for example when the inner light of the 71 heading downtown from Westwood passes through Beverly Hills, accenting the ruby red glamour of the Beverly Hilton sign and spotlighting the Waldorf Astoria’s platinum one.—
Mark Gozonsky,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2024
Noun
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And for better or worse, practitioners have always stood at the ready, prepared to intervene when our chakras seemed blocked; when our humors seemed unbalanced; when our meridians surely became constricted; when our orgone levels were all out of whack.—
Ashley Fetters Maloy,
Washington Post,
10 July 2023
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And then there was orgone, discovered, or imagined, by Wilhelm Reich, the Austrian psychoanalyst and fallen Freudian.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
1 Nov. 2021
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“Lifeblood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeblood. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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