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Recent Examples of rubber
Clean your furniture with rubber gloves: Run a damp rubber glove over upholstered furniture.
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2025
This unique technology fuses multiple types of rubber into a single, multilayered sole, improving durability, traction and comfort.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 15 Jan. 2025
Remove anything from the area under your sink, put on a pair of rubber gloves and place something under the drain to catch anything that might spill out.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
The soft rubber organizing slats hold snowboards, alpine skis, Nordic skis, or any combination of snow gear, making this contraption a great alternative to leaning gear against the car’s paint or laying it on a rocky, grimy parking lot surface.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2025
This unique technology fuses multiple types of rubber into a single, multilayered sole, improving durability, traction and comfort.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 15 Jan. 2025
Remove anything from the area under your sink, put on a pair of rubber gloves and place something under the drain to catch anything that might spill out.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
The soft rubber organizing slats hold snowboards, alpine skis, Nordic skis, or any combination of snow gear, making this contraption a great alternative to leaning gear against the car’s paint or laying it on a rocky, grimy parking lot surface.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubber
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His thumping volley against Liverpool two days later, broadcast live on Sky’s Monday Night Football (that was still unusual then!), had to be seen to be believed.—
The Athletic UK Football Writers,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
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Imagine programming a sequence like a deep forehand return, followed by a short backhand, two volleys and an overhead shot — all saved and ready for your next practice session.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
1 Dec. 2024
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The special election, which will feature seven candidates on the ballot, will take place on April 8, but unless one candidate receives a majority of the votes, the two highest vote-getters will advance to a runoff.—
Devan Patel,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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But if no one wins a majority outright, the top two vote-getters will move on to a runoff set for July 1.—
Emily Alvarenga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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This is meant to be the other end of the seesaw from Leighton’s coming out story.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Over the past 4 months, payroll growth has followed a seesaw pattern - increasing 78,000 in August, 255,000 in September, 36,000 in October, and 227,000 in November.—
Harry Holzer,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
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The tournament is a round-robin tournament, and each team will play three games.—
Ryan Canfield,
Fox News,
14 Jan. 2025
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In fact, the back-to-back quarterfinal defeats is a first for Canada since the tournament moved away from its early days round-robin format to its current iteration in 1995.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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These HDDs use the company’s Mozaic 3+ heat assisted magnetic recording, HAMR, technology, where lasers are used to reduce the magnetic fields from the write head required to write a high-densities on stable high coercivity magnetic recording media.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Sinner’s serve that broke the net was a freak incident in an already strange match played in the burning heat of the day.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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Thanks for Phan’s contributions came rolling in Tuesday from chefs, restaurateurs and civic leaders saddened by news of the chef’s sudden death.—
Linda Zavoral,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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The pic is an adaption of Max Porter’s novel about a grieving father wrestling with the sudden death of his wife while also raising their young children.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
16 Jan. 2025
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This means that the characterization provided by most pollsters, that the contest was a dead heat, were driven by factors that were largely irrelevant.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Polling has showed the race in a dead heat in Nevada, but also in six other swing states.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Nov. 2024
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Unfortunately for Detroit, the Minnesota Vikings continue to win, too, setting up what could be a photo finish in Week 18.—
Colton Pouncy,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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In the men’s 100-meter final, Noah Lyles and six other runners were involved in a photo finish — 0.09 seconds separated Lyles from seventh place.—
The Athletic Staff,
The Athletic,
11 Aug. 2024
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“Rubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubber. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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