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Recent Examples of tick
And policymakers are starting to get nervous as the clock ticks.
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Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Extending the effective lifespan of its TVs with these features ticks both environmental and social boxes.
—John Archer, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
The same type of tick causes other tickborne illnesses, which the new study also found in 42% of people with babesiosis.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 18 Oct. 2024
They are given answers and need to sort the questions into the correct answer to bank the cash, all in a very short space of time as the clock ticks.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
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Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Extending the effective lifespan of its TVs with these features ticks both environmental and social boxes.
—John Archer, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
The same type of tick causes other tickborne illnesses, which the new study also found in 42% of people with babesiosis.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 18 Oct. 2024
They are given answers and need to sort the questions into the correct answer to bank the cash, all in a very short space of time as the clock ticks.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tick
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Including a Heat team playing sans Jimmy Butler, and even a Portland team that didn’t have Deandre Ayton or Anfernee Simons, the latter got hurt after playing just five minutes in Tuesday’s bout.Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
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Be aware that even with graphics hardware acceleration, some of these effects took up to a half minute to complete on my test PC.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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In a video on Instagram, the car reaches speeds up to 130 mph in slightly more than three seconds and 100 to 150 mph in slightly under three seconds.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Simply sweep on your favorite hue with your finger tips and blend at the crease for blurred, yet vivid color in seconds.Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
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The home’s outer structure has wood shake roofing / shingles.Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The company told Axios anyone can redeem the free shake offer by mentioning it at the register when dining in.Kelly Tyko, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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One game, one moment (at Baltimore) doesn’t define us.Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
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The idea is that the scent will get the buck to stop for a moment, but not get spooked.Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
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The steering is sure but not overly sharp, the acceleration is solid but not hasty, the brakes stop you in a split second.Josh Max, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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The impulse pauses for a split second before spreading down the bundle of His into the left and right branches within each ventricle.Christopher Lee, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2024
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Box Union focuses on boxing to the beat of the music, whereas Rumble Boxing is similar to a nightclub with the use of black lights, but in the form of a fitness class.Carolyn Burt, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
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The film cuts out before another beat that would establish Paxton’s evolution one way or another.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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The man turned, stared for an instant at where her voice had come from, then dashed out of sight toward the back of the property.Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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Stafford twisted free of an unblocked defender rushing up the middle, ducked under a second would-be tackler, then scissored his legs like a high-stepping Houdini an instant before finding the star receiver with a seven-yard scoring pass.Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Your vote for me in this General Election was not against someone, but a demand that California becomes the heartbeat of America again.Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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The cloud has become the heartbeat of our operations, where sensitive data lives and where our teams collaborate seamlessly.Anshu Bansal, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Tick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tick. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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