as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
the mob boss's thugs really worked him over
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Related The Home Depot is trying to make its own smart home ecosystem happen
The smart glass works over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi and requires power.
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2024
Hiroshi Ono professor at Hitotsubashi University The report highlighted that 10.1% of men and 4.2% of women work over 60 hours a week, linking these long hours to the incidence of karoshi.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024
Don Hewitt was still emeritus executive producer, and I was used to working over at the evening news and being in very early.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
Others aboard include Shea Whigham, who plays District Attorney Alex Hunter, an acquaintance of the Ramsey family, and Will Patton as Lou Smit, a legend among law enforcement, who has worked over 150 homicide cases in Boulder Springs.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2024
Hiroshi Ono professor at Hitotsubashi University The report highlighted that 10.1% of men and 4.2% of women work over 60 hours a week, linking these long hours to the incidence of karoshi.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024
Don Hewitt was still emeritus executive producer, and I was used to working over at the evening news and being in very early.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
Others aboard include Shea Whigham, who plays District Attorney Alex Hunter, an acquaintance of the Ramsey family, and Will Patton as Lou Smit, a legend among law enforcement, who has worked over 150 homicide cases in Boulder Springs.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
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Nomi Malone licking the stripper pole in Showgirls?Lily Burana, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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In the series premiere, Rio licked Agatha’s hand in a sapphic (and slightly blood-play oriented) moment of intimacy, and the two also had an almost-kiss at the end of episode four.Quispe López, Them, 31 Oct. 2024
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Thankfully their Old & Rare advent calendar comes with a wooden case (to hide the purple).Mark Littler, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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And, on September 28, CBP officers at the Pharr International Bridge uncovered nearly 1,950 pounds of a drug believed to be methamphetamine hidden in a tractor-trailer.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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The line of people waiting to use the facilities had a similar question and began pounding on the door.AllBusiness, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen pounds his chest after the final out of the seventh inning in Game 5 of the World Series against the Yankees.Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Wack 100 has lashed out against J. Prince in response to the latter mentioning the former during a recent livestream on social media.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, no one is more preoccupied with such star power than Donald Trump himself, who basks in the adulation and approval of luminaries who support him and regularly lashes out at those who don’t.Brian Lowry, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Counties legally have until December 5 to finish their counts, but this is usually done within two weeks of Election Day.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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At one point in his new A24 thriller Heretic, the actor, 64, does an impression of Jar Jar Binks, the character made famous by Ahmed Best in the space-opera franchise's prequel trilogy beginning with 1999's Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace.Jen Juneau, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the latest model still pushes battery life to lengths few machines have hit in our testing, with an unprecedented 28 hours and 33 minutes of video playback time.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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There was no immediate report of casualties or details on what was hit.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The rest of the track is bright, with high synth lines that punch out.PCMAG, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
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Use our templates to trace the goofy grins and carve them out, but don’t punch out the pieces immediately.Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2024
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The offer includes two buttermilk pancakes with glazed strawberries, blueberry topping and whipped topping or its combo of two eggs, hash browns and a choice of two strips of bacon or two pork sausage links.Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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Use it for everything from creaming butter and sugar to making creamy dips to whipping egg whites into meringues.Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Work over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/work%20over. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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