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as in to pooh
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as in to quarrel (with)
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In Washington, Democratic lawmakers and several hundred supporters of the agency rallied outside the Capitol to protest the dismantling of the independent government organization that seeks to help people affected by wars, disasters, disease and poverty.—
Ellen Knickmeyer,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2025 -
But with what critics say is a harsh approach to leading the country, Trump has ruffled a few feathers, causing people to protest around the country.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
5 Feb. 2025
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Palestinians complain of ill-treatment In exchange for the hostages' release, Israel is freeing 183 Palestinian prisoners, some convicted of involvement in attacks that killed dozens of people, as well as 111 detained in Gaza during the war.—
Hussam al-Masri,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Many conspiracy theorists have complained about Black history being relegated to the calendar’s shortest month.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Is his tendency to scorn sentimentality on sight a put-on or a character flaw?—
Rhoda Feng,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2025
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Most people applauded the owner's quick response, while others scorned her for letting her dogs outside without winter protection.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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But Hamas has accused Israel of dragging its feet on allowing aid into Gaza, one of the conditions of the first phase of the agreement, a charge Israel has rejected as untrue.—
James Mackenzie, Emily Rose,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Why voters rejected Bidenomics President Biden and a Democratic Congress took power in 2021 with a bold plan to propel the nation out of the pandemic, revitalize American industry and bolster the working class.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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The duke was liked by 31 percent and disliked by 38 percent giving him a net approval rating of minus 7 in the later polling, down from plus 38 six weeks earlier.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
2 Feb. 2025
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The question was, which aspects of rotting fruit do these maggots like and dislike?—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
1 Feb. 2025
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Judges typically disfavor pre-trial publicity that risks tainting a jury pool and, in fact, the federal judge has already warned both sides against litigating the case in the media.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
Fox News,
6 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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Legislative Democrats continue to criticize Lee's proposal for its lack of accountability measures, among other aspects.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
3 Feb. 2025
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Trump used the signing ceremony as an opportunity to criticize Canada, with continuing negotiations between him and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau amid threats of 25% tariffs from both sides.—
Naomi Lim,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
3 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 16 Feb. 2025.
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