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as in injustice
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this
the homeowners who were bought out are convinced they got the shaft in that deal
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Recent Examples of shaft
Scientists already knew that Neanderthals made adhesives using other materials like ocher and naturally sticky substances to haft stone tips onto wooden shafts to create weapons.
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
The 54-inch canopy is large enough to keep you and someone else dry, and its fiberglass shaft and wind-resistant frame withstand gusts big and small.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2024
This includes 18-inch black aluminum wheels, 35-inch MT tires (Goodyear), front e-lockers with virtual rear lockers, additional underbody protection + skid plates, rocker protectors with assist steps, ball spline half shafts and easy-to-clean rubber flooring.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
The style has since evolved to include boots with chunky soles, tall heels and shafts, and some Western details, while keeping the traditional elements like stretchy gore side panels alive.
—Jessie Quinn, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
The 54-inch canopy is large enough to keep you and someone else dry, and its fiberglass shaft and wind-resistant frame withstand gusts big and small.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2024
This includes 18-inch black aluminum wheels, 35-inch MT tires (Goodyear), front e-lockers with virtual rear lockers, additional underbody protection + skid plates, rocker protectors with assist steps, ball spline half shafts and easy-to-clean rubber flooring.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
The style has since evolved to include boots with chunky soles, tall heels and shafts, and some Western details, while keeping the traditional elements like stretchy gore side panels alive.
—Jessie Quinn, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shaft
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The 14-point buck had five distinct drop tines, although two are technically main beams that curve downward, and the rack had an inside spread of nearly 20 inches.Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 26 Dec. 2024
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This intense beam of photons changes the optical absorption of the glass, generating a small plasma of ionized glass atoms which melt the glass sheets together.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2024
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The Greek warrior coin, which was offered for sale in 2020, features a figure holding a spear while draped in a black, blue and white American flag.Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2024
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Edward Norton supplies the film with a gentle Pete Seeger, someone used to leading audiences in peaceful, utopian song but increasingly mystified by this newcomer who sharpens the folk movement into a spear and then takes the battle in a completely different direction.Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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His investigative work has revealed injustices and wrongdoing in the community.Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2024
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The Ivy League grad has become an online obsession due to his looks and some people hail him as a hero for seemingly taking on the injustices in the U.S. health care system.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Shiseido is working to future proof its suncare using molecules extracted from the cell membrane of bacteria to filter out the harmful rays of the sun.Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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View 2 Images Although sunscreen does help protect our skin from the sun's harmful UV rays, it isn't designed to keep that skin cool.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
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Exceptions from that are pole vault and javelin because athletes are moving with so much force that the spike needs to penetrate the surface to avoid injury.Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
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Because that section has been specifically engineered for javelin throwers.Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
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This would be doing something to right the wrongs that laws such as the 1994 enacted.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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The conflict between right and wrong is far less compelling, as Hegel understood, than the collision of sides with competing claims to legitimacy.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Among the artifacts found at the site were 119 lances and spears, eight swords, five knives, three arrowheads, one axe, a bridle, fragments of a bugle, fragments of at least two oath rings and several bronze and iron objects that have not been identified yet, according to the press release.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Eastwood put on his armor and galloped down a course on Tinkerbell, hitting a practice target with a lance at Hemphill's property.Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Mar. 2024
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Three other students and one teacher suffered non-life-threatening injuries.Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Two students remain in critical condition with life-threatening injuries while three students and a teacher suffered non-life-threatening injuries.Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Shaft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shaft. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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