peg (away)

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Verb
  • The actor-writer-director labored with love for seven years on this mutant hybrid of The Fountainhead, The Conformist and The Godfather movies, and it should be met with an equal amount of awe and admiration.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
  • His breathing is labored, like he’s got fluid in his lungs, or maybe some broken ribs.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The stock has especially struggled in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump ’s victory amid fears that his second term could threaten the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes tax credits for renewable energy that have benefited the solar sector.
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But after losing her husband of 10 years, Bynum struggled to find seasonal jobs to pay her bills.
    Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Shelters are striving to minimize euthanasia rates by promoting adoption campaigns, spaying and neutering programs, and behavior rehabilitation.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Eggers and his go-to production designer Craig Lathrop also put a unique emphasis on building realistic worlds—their production design strives extra hard to close gaps between Eggers’s olden aesthetic and the modern audience’s perception.
    Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Transportation Security Administration agents who operate security at airports, as well as air-traffic control workers would be required to work.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Encouraging Cross-Functional Collaboration: Product leaders are adept at working across functions and breaking down silos.
    Maria Raymond, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Peg (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peg%20%28away%29. Accessed 1 Jan. 2025.

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