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as in hung on
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as in chowed (down)
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Yorke’s wife, Dajana, was curled up next to him, engrossed in a Murakami novel.—
Zoe Si, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
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Young Miko is far from her home island of Puerto Rico, curled up in an oversized hoodie and tucked away in a quiet hotel room in south-central North Carolina.—
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Unable to turn back against the strong currents of the Napo, the party, now reduced to just 50, carried on downriver toward the Amazon.—
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In Russia, Cuba, Iran, Belarus, and Uganda, dictatorships have carried on for decades—oppressing and killing their people, attacking their neighbors, and destabilizing their regions.—
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But he’s kept up with the Panthers, even while serving as Stanford’s interim coach in the fall.—
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Meanwhile, wage growth hasn’t kept up with rising costs for less affluent households, forcing them to stop buying other things.—
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Madsen, who has mostly feasted on Mountain West teams but not been sharp against better opponents, even talked this season about how people would come after his family, something that upset him.—
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The 30-year-old feasted on a Bengals defense that has struggled to defend tight ends all year.—
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This year, holiday gatherings were scrapped, the single father’s Christmas budget was slashed in half, and his credit cards were glutted from months of futile efforts to keep up with the rising cost of living.—
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Yet the train of military vehicles that appeared was remarkably tame, a cavalcade of superannuated weapons platforms serving as a reminder of the degree to which the military-industrial complex, glutted with money and pampered by Congress, has run out of new ideas.—
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Fuel and water are fed into the chamber, creating a self-sustaining cycle that maintains high pressure during combustion.—
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The findings are based on data collected by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover in Gale crater and then fed through a climate model.—
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“Dug in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dug%20in. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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