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Recent Examples of semi
Scenes can be ambitious, such as one where a U.S.-style semi truck with a long nose barrels down a road toward an unknowing child.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
The rider and the motorcycle fell into the No. 3 lane, underneath a passing semi, the CHP said.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the contents of the semi have yet to be identified.
—Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024
In the second semi, the #2 & #3 seeds played to a dead heat after twelve matches, tied up 6-6, forcing a one game tiebreaker to determine the finalist.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
The rider and the motorcycle fell into the No. 3 lane, underneath a passing semi, the CHP said.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the contents of the semi have yet to be identified.
—Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024
In the second semi, the #2 & #3 seeds played to a dead heat after twelve matches, tied up 6-6, forcing a one game tiebreaker to determine the finalist.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semi
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Early on the morning of Jan. 17, police responded to a burning duplex in Deerfield Beach, Fla., the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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When Jordan Williams purchased his diamond-in-the-rough Greenwich Village apartment, a 900-square-foot one-bedroom duplex with a massive terrace in Manhattan, his mother gave him some helpful advice: hire an interior designer.—
Morgan Goldberg,
Architectural Digest,
16 Jan. 2025
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The park was severely damaged in the fire, and Rogers’ iconic ranch house was destroyed, leaving preservationists to wonder what’s next.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Architectural Digest,
17 Jan. 2025
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The main ranch house harbored a Native American rug collection and baskets and works by painters Edward Borein and Charles Marion Russell.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Some introductory events were held at the Foundation’s town house, which holds much of Foster’s archive of drawings, sketchbooks, and models.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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In a 1999 interview with WWD about the debut of another one of his Mercer Street eateries, Canteen, McDonald recalled what Eileen Ford told him as a 16-year-old, during a visit to her Manhattan town house.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
15 Jan. 2025
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Set on a 37,000-acre ranch along the Blackfoot River, the resort features 28 luxury homes and 36 glamping tents done up in modern western style.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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The director grew up in northeastern Florida on a working cattle ranch.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
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Barker told Newsweek that, even though her new home is smaller than her parents' kitchen, her new bungalow features two bedrooms, one bathroom, a lounge, and a kitchen, as well as a garage shared with neighbors, which operates on a first-come-first-served basis.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Tina Knowles, mother to Beyoncé and Solange, shared that her Malibu bungalow was destroyed in the Palisades fire.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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Port Isaac Port Isaac is a charming fishing village known for its narrow winding streets, tiny art galleries, pottery shops, and whitewashed cottages overlooking its harbor, known locally as the Platt.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Musk has played an increasingly prominent role in Trump’s orbit in recent months, even reportedly staying in a $2,000-a-night cottage at the president-elect’s South Florida club and residence Mar-a-Lago.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
20 Jan. 2025
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General Electric fills those tract houses with appliances.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
4 June 2024
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RuPaul was born in San Diego in 1960, the third of four children and the only boy, and brought up in a yellow three-bedroom tract house, one of four models in a housing development called Michelle Manor.—
Ronan Farrow,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2024
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Twice turned down, developer tries again In March 2024, commissioners rejected the original Cambridge Properties plan for 299 homes, including 182 townhomes.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
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The three-bedroom townhome is immaculately clean, with gleaming kitchen countertops and a nicely finished floor.—
Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Semi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semi. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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