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Verb
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And Elon Musk’s AI power plant ruffles a Mississippi city.—
David Hickey,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026 -
Luckily for the show, nothing ruffles the other women’s feathers more, so good television still ensues.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
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These branches receive molecular signals at one end of a neuron and induce the cell to rapidly fire an electrical charge that ripples down the cell body, known as an action potential.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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Chaos ripples out from the Oval Office hourly as from rocks dumped into a pond.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2026
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The cushions are bouncy and covered in a fade-resistant material, and when not in use, the chair folds to save space.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2026
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The folding lock design, such as the Kryptonite Kryptolok Folding Bicycle Lock, folds down to a small size for transport.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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His open V-neck shirt has huge lapels, his hair hangs down to his shoulders and a bushy mustache creases his smiling face, leaving Vachon looking more like the bassist for Spinal Tap than an NHL goaltender.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Flyer gone damp in his hand, creases shredding how cut cotton would.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Crisps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crisps. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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