1
as in to pooh
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2
as in to quarrel (with)
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Thousands protested across the U.S. on Presidents’ Day.—
David Leonhardt,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025 -
While foreign ships are allowed to pass through EEZs under freedom of navigation rules, the Philippines has protested China's maritime forces for unlawfully asserting jurisdiction as well as Beijing's construction of artificial islands within its EEZ.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 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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While some Gazans have rejected emigration, others see it as their only hope.—
Efrat Lachter,
Fox News,
11 Feb. 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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Emphasizing how children have to be taught to dislike their bodies with an image that is heartwarming and direct – that's advocacy at its most effective.—
Eric Deggans,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2025
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For those who dislike cold, the travel may include a short trip to warmer and sunnier locations.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
9 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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The agreement is already being heavily criticized by New York City Council leaders, after prosecutors resigned in protest against a directive from Trump's Department of Justice to dismiss corruption charges against Adams so the mayor could assist with the Republican president's immigration agenda.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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She also has been criticized in the media after her 2002 Olympic performance.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
14 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 22 Feb. 2025.
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