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Well, this one is based on a Dahl short story from a collection more aimed at adults, and represents an adaptation more faithful to its original than Fox but still sieved through Anderson’s unique visual style.
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Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
The hot mixture is then strained through a cheesecloth or sieve allowing the fruit juice to drip into a pan, leaving the seeds, skins, and solid fruit pieces behind.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
Drain shrimp into a colander or sieve and rinse with cold water.
—cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023
At promising sites, scuba-diving archaeologists photographed and collected soil samples to sieve on land for small finds.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
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Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
The hot mixture is then strained through a cheesecloth or sieve allowing the fruit juice to drip into a pan, leaving the seeds, skins, and solid fruit pieces behind.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
Drain shrimp into a colander or sieve and rinse with cold water.
—cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023
At promising sites, scuba-diving archaeologists photographed and collected soil samples to sieve on land for small finds.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sieve
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But wait times stayed well under an hour statewide in the morning and early afternoon, even as a steady stream of voters filtered through voting locations.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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In a dynamic landscape, the need for data warehousing is becoming increasingly apparent, and there are a myriad of tools available that can distill large volumes of information and complex variables, filter out extraneous information and even draw conclusions for you.Naveen Singh, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Her guide includes a soothing sound bath at Calming Spot in Santa Monica or sifting through records at High Fidelity in West Adams.Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Voyager 1 team ultimately located the probe’s response later on October 18 by sifting through signals the Deep Space Network was receiving.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Speaking about the disgraced film producer in Sav Rodgers' documentary Chasing Chasing Amy, Smith recalls screening the movie for Weinstein, 72, and feeling overjoyed at his reaction.Jen Juneau, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Her speech in Pittsburgh was screened live to a waiting crowd in Philadelphia, where a final rally would mark the end of her hundred-and-seven-day campaign.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Pundits and pollsters have spent the final weeks straining to identify any shift in the candidates’ chances.Chris Megerian, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2024
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The increases would hit low-income families the hardest, NRF says, further straining their budgets.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Sieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sieve. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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