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Noun
  • To ensure your smoothies fit your lifestyle and dietary goals, focus on portion sizes and rotate a variety of ingredients to maintain a diverse nutrient profile.
    Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Only about 3 percent of FRBs are of the repeating variety.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • When a garbage man showed up this week, Ms. deVicariis was overjoyed after days of cleaning up vegetation.
    Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • For the pupping season, which lasts from about December to April, the males are fasting from both food and water in order to devote all their energy to defend their harem.
    Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Their pupping sites in the shallower northeastern Caspian Sea are shifting and disappearing, as the animals also struggle against pollution and overfishing.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Owner Letty Ketner sealed the moment by bringing over a tableside pot of hot water with an assortment of teas to choose from.
    Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The brands dropped a second assortment with fresh washes.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Several carts loaded with household possessions travelled down a thoroughfare scattered with rubble and debris.
    Mohammed Salem, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Today, stove tops jut out of the sand, mixing with glass bottles and pieces of debris scattered by Hurricane Beryl in July of 2024.
    Joe Sills, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Local authorities were able to coax the bobcat kitten out of the tree and bring it some comfort.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • We're just kitten around.
    Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Minimize noise and clutter Dr. Small says environmental triggers like loud sounds and jumbles of papers and clothing can increase sundowning symptoms.
    Cathy Habas, SELF, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Owners’ names now read like jumbles of computer code, retirement homes or rock bands: Silver Sage, Dream Homes, Blue Apple, P Fin VII, Wref II, 3xs2, Vivid, Straight Red Lines, TKJK, Jags Proper.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
Noun
  • Environmental groups have urged Levine Cava to abandon the incinerator plan in favor of waste reduction, but the mayor had previously said other options endangered the county trash system’s ability to keep up with planned growth.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The people that live in the shadows of New York’s 27 landfills desperately need reform to alleviate the high volume of trash flowing into their communities.
    Ryan Castalia, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
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