as in fried
being under the influence of alcohol
work was so awful that I'm just going to go out and get potted tonight
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Lindsey King, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
The Colegio's expansive interior courtyard doubles as a dreamily quiet bar filled with potted plants, including two splendid palms from Sicily, making an idyllic, rainforest-like setting for a summer aperitivo.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
How To Plant Golden Oakland® Holly Golden Oakland® Holly is available from garden centers and online retailers as potted plants for early spring or fall planting.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
In mild winter climates, potted hydrangea plants can outdoors with little protection.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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The potted plant experiment gave Wilde the idea that incorporating unused wool—which can hold up to 35% of its weight in H2O—into his compost pile might keep the product moist.
—Lindsey King, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
The Colegio's expansive interior courtyard doubles as a dreamily quiet bar filled with potted plants, including two splendid palms from Sicily, making an idyllic, rainforest-like setting for a summer aperitivo.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
How To Plant Golden Oakland® Holly Golden Oakland® Holly is available from garden centers and online retailers as potted plants for early spring or fall planting.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
In mild winter climates, potted hydrangea plants can outdoors with little protection.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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Hot honey: Four pizzas and two appetizers on Paulie Gee's menu feature this craze, along with fried chicken at The Eagle and Kitchen Social. 🥒 Pickled foods: Get your fix delivered from the Crazy Cucumber.Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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Queen has also been coordinating with a full-time nutritionist to reduce an inclination for fried foods, snacks and sugary drinks.Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2025
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Six of the players in the round of 16 were seeded 20th or higher, and half the top eight seeds were out before the quarters.Todd Boss, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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What was seeded as an art project for an internship with Yolé!Akilah Sailers, Essence, 19 Dec. 2024
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Like, straight-up crazy, drunk wrestled in the middle of...Julia Moore, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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In Jerry Springer, one guest recalls receiving drink tickets and being encouraged to get drunk.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
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Each of the rules was put in place for a reason — for example, to address a problem with a contract, or something else going wrong on a project.Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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The feds contend Pepsi’s conduct violates the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA), which was put in place in 1936 to protect small businesses.Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Analisa Corr, a 53-year-old Australian woman who claims her father is former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., pleaded innocent to charges accusing her of causing a drunken disturbance on a Jetstar domestic flight between Hobart and Sydney.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Gone is the attention to process and scuzzy detail that made the first film notable, replaced here by a wild, drunken emotional energy that dispenses with story logic and clarity.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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Since hair is weakest when wet, sleeping in wet hair can cause hair to become dry and brittle, causing split ends, breakage, and fallout.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Use a wet hand to grab a small section of dough from one side of the bowl, then lift it up and press it into the center.Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
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There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Their plastered smiles and scripted pleasantries represented a great loss of emotional freedom and a new level of managerial control.TIME, TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
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And the room, van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, with its rough-hewn bed frame and the restful violet color of the plastered walls.David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022
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“Potted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potted. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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