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Recent Examples of tongue
Instead, dissolve it either under your tongue or against your inside cheek.
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Patricia Weiser, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 25 Oct. 2024
In one snap, Meg holds up her very own Liberty jersey and sticks her tongue out.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2024
The tip is thin enough for excellent flexibility, but meaty enough to remind you of your favorite tongue.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 Oct. 2024
The tongue was off-center, the stitches were wonky, and the toe-box looked like a pug’s face.
—Heshel Rolnick, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
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Patricia Weiser, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 25 Oct. 2024
In one snap, Meg holds up her very own Liberty jersey and sticks her tongue out.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2024
The tip is thin enough for excellent flexibility, but meaty enough to remind you of your favorite tongue.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 Oct. 2024
The tongue was off-center, the stitches were wonky, and the toe-box looked like a pug’s face.
—Heshel Rolnick, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongue
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Yet research suggests that children up to age 5 can learn and process up to five languages.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Luckily, just in time, Nick whispers the one word in the (British) English language that instantly turns back the clock.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Regrettably, the catchy moniker has slinked into our vocabulary, and we are seemingly stuck with it.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The reports began introducing the rhetoric of climate change straight into the heart of the far right’s vocabulary.Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
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The delightful elocution of their dry-as-martini witticisms (dialect coach Nancy Carlin) adds to the joys of this period piece.Karen D'Souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Scholars say their separation from the mainland caused residents to retain much of their African heritage, including their unique dialect and skills and crafts such as cast-net fishing and basket-weaving.Russ Bynum and Emily Wagster Pettus, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
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Working across styles and idioms including classical, jazz, pop, R&B, and film scoring—and breaking ground for African American achievement in the entertainment industries—Jones has garnered the highest levels of critical and commercial acclaim.Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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The New York alto saxophonist, composer, vocalist and bandleader makes her Bay Area debut this weekend with a series of gigs, introducing a beguiling body of tunes shaped by her Chinese American heritage and deep engagement with various jazz, folk and pop idioms.Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Tongue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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