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Recent Examples of rubber
Consider wearing rubber gloves to protect your hands when wet or underwater for prolonged periods (like cleaning or working).
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Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 18 Feb. 2025
And rubber panels along the sides of the shoe increase its traction to make climbs easier.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 18 Feb. 2025
Clean the Seal To clean the rubber seal, use hot, soapy water and a dish sponge to scrub the ring.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Feb. 2025
Shoes can also be dried on no heat settings to prevent rubber or plastic from warping.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
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Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 18 Feb. 2025
And rubber panels along the sides of the shoe increase its traction to make climbs easier.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 18 Feb. 2025
Clean the Seal To clean the rubber seal, use hot, soapy water and a dish sponge to scrub the ring.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Feb. 2025
Shoes can also be dried on no heat settings to prevent rubber or plastic from warping.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubber
Noun
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Sixty seconds later, Mbappe equalised with a stunning right-footed volley following a slick one-two with Marcus Thuram.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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There’s all sorts of different volleys in the air at this point.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Streams are receding but remain in flood stage due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
The Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Living fences reduce soil erosion and stormwater runoff, while softening your house more than wood or steel fences.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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Both teams will play the other two teams in the bracket, No. 1 Riordan and No. 8 Mitty, in a round-robin format.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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After Canada opened up a comfortable 4-0 lead in the teams’ round-robin finale, Granlund scored twice in just 23 seconds to get the score to 4-3 with 1:17 left to play in regulation.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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Longer periods of extreme heat has been found to accelerate biological age in older adults by up to two years, according to new research.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2025
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The black and crushed red peppers add a nice level of heat and aroma, elevating this from a flat, one-night flavor.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Receiving the ball first has become more of an advantage than before 2011, when overtime was sudden death.—
Rob Maaddi,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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Jesus Guerrero’s family is thanking Kylie Jenner for her help following the hairstylist’s sudden death.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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After publishing her initial post on Reddit while the bidding was in a dead heat, the user shared an update that her former friends came back with a higher offer, establishing themselves as the front runners.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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Surveys ahead of Election Day found the two candidates in a virtual dead heat nationally and in several key swing states.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Nov. 2024
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Last year, Blaney nearly won this race, only to lose in a photo finish to Suarez.—
Jeff Gluck,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Just 26, Cindric won the second Daytona duel Thursday night in a photo finish and will sit on the front row to start Sunday’s race.—
Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Rubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubber. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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