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as in addiction
a physiological need for certain drugs
I've got this monkey on my back, and going to detox is the only way to get it off
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as in devil
an appealingly mischievous person
come back here, you little monkey!
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Recent Examples of monkey
Antonia Debianchi, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
The animals, a De Brazza’s monkey, one common squirrel monkey, three cotton-top tamarins and three white-faced sakis, were found dead at the city’s Zoological and Botanical Gardens (HKZBG) on Sunday, Hong Kong’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department said in a statement.
—Reuters, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
Michael Haag, Dallas News, 10 Oct. 2022
With supply running low toward the end of most evenings, savvy bun fanatics don’t monkey around, routinely calling ahead to request an extra skillet of rolls set aside just for them. Ettan.
—Valerie Demicheva and Flora Chang, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 July 2021
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Noun
The compact is decorated with illustrations like Oz’s air balloon and the flying monkeys.
—Antonia Debianchi, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
The animals, a De Brazza’s monkey, one common squirrel monkey, three cotton-top tamarins and three white-faced sakis, were found dead at the city’s Zoological and Botanical Gardens (HKZBG) on Sunday, Hong Kong’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department said in a statement.
—Reuters, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
Verb
The Bears will be prepared for the environment, but getting that Morgantown monkey off their back will take a lot more than imagined.
—Michael Haag, Dallas News, 10 Oct. 2022
With supply running low toward the end of most evenings, savvy bun fanatics don’t monkey around, routinely calling ahead to request an extra skillet of rolls set aside just for them. Ettan.
—Valerie Demicheva and Flora Chang, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monkey
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Australian fitness influencer Jaxon Tippet, who built a sizable following with online content focused on exercise and personal motivation while also candidly discussing his past addiction to steroids, reportedly died Sunday in Turkey.Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Yet as his opioid addiction escalated, the once-inseparable siblings drifted apart.Sylvan Lebrun, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2024
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The devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) has been eating away at the population of Tasmanian devils and re-introducing the thylacine might not do the devil any favors.Scott Travers, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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He’s figured out what his father tried to tell him the hard way: Sometimes, a mere glance at a devil’s bargain is enough to strike a signature and a seal.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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On its app homepage, JD has begun aping Pinduoduo by emphasizing discounts.Lavender Au, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2024
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Above all, those kids who come from the suburbs didn’t ape the Americans but chose their own narrative path, going much higher in quality.Marcello Junior Dino, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2024
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Reynolds thrived in front of a live studio audience, playing a college-age rascal who was more interested in messing with his friends and pursuing harebrained schemes than deciding on a major.Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
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The druid Merlin rears his ugly head, and is far from the affable rascal of T.H. White’s The Once and Future King, though the two books are both attempts to update Arthur’s legend for a contemporary audience.Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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One, which was later parodied in a famous Chappelle’s Show skit, required the artists to walk more than five miles to fetch him cheesecake from a Brooklyn restaurant.Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
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The sketch then shifted to the faux-emotional, parodying the candidates’ inclination to agree with each other during the debate.Michaela Zee, Variety, 6 Oct. 2024
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The disease causes the immune system to go rogue in a way that can strike virtually any organ in the body, but when and where is maddeningly elusive.Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Of course, rogues may also tend to ditch their rogue commitments at the last minute.Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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In the new study, the team mimicked a sewer environment under extreme conditions in a lab and rapidly sped up the fatberg formation process over 30 days.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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These videos mimic content from U.S. government agencies and more than 50 news organizations, including the BBC, France 24, and Fox News.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Is Cordelia acting like a spoiled brat by refusing to honor and obey her father?Jeanette Tran, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
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The singer, who's latest album brat reached the third spot on the Billboard 200 chart, has actually appeared on SNL before too.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Monkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monkey. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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