1
as in to pooh
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2
as in to quarrel (with)
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About 300 demonstrators protested at a Tesla dealership in New York City on Saturday.—
Rodrique Ngowi and Jonathan J. Cooper,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025 -
Students at the Pensacola campus have protested Yenor.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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While many people who renounced their citizenship complained of being unhappy with the political climate in the US, another reason for their decision is often taxes, Alistair Bambridge, a partner at Bambridge Accountants, told CNN in August 2020.—
Edward Szekeres,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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Trump and Vice President JD Vance clashed dramatically with the Ukrainian leader in the Oval Office Friday after Zelenskyy complained about Russian President Vladimir Putin.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
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Although originally scorned by critics, the series proved immensely popular, lasting nine seasons and spinning off several TV movies.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
17 Feb. 2025
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That discontent was laid bare in December after the brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson unleashed social media scorn at his company and a U.S. health insurance industry that serves as gatekeeper to the nation's $4.5 trillion health care system.—
David Robinson,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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Albritton has rejected the idea of passing an open carry bill this year.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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While some states complied and the NCAA revised its own trans athlete policy, states like Minnesota have rejected changes to their policies.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
7 Mar. 2025
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The industry disliked the wage increase but loathed the challenge to the franchise system and responded with a referendum to overturn the law.—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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What remained unclear is how much of a lasting boost China’s economy could get from the ingenuity of one start-up, or how much confidence the business community could derive from the sudden friendliness of a leader who has a reputation for distrusting and disliking the private sector.—
Li Yuan,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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The Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis may further help the Trump administration dismantle diversity policies that, by favoring some categories of employees, disfavor others.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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For Darwin, adaptations were the result of mutations leading to trait variation among individuals in a population, which were then filtered through conditions in a local environment, favoring certain variants and disfavoring others.—
Jessica Riskin,
The New York Review of Books,
6 Feb. 2025
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The decision to lift travel restrictions has been broadly criticized by politicians in Romania.—
Amy Croffey,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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While Chiuri has been criticized by some for playing it safe with commercial collections that helped to turbocharge Dior’s growth, Prigent gradually understood her messaging is anything but conservative.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Object (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/object%20%28to%29. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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