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Verb
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Stevens sticks out like a sore thumb in this price range as a value play.—
Dennis Esser,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2026 -
One particularly hilarious example sticks out to Kaufman, to this day.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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The Peterson Foundation projects that threshold will be crossed before this fall’s midterm elections.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Statistical Forecasting, the consulting firm that the city hires to model enrollment for school capital investment, projects that enrollment will drop another 11 percent in the next five years in the city’s traditional public schools.—
Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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One of my best public-land spots is a hardwood peninsula that juts out into a big cattail marsh.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2026
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At the 6,643-foot summit of Kuwohi is the iconic Kuwohi Observation Tower, which juts out over the landscape providing a bird’s eye view over the park.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Brown and her creative team have gotten caught up in adornment without capturing a deeper undertow that strings it all together.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2026
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The swoony strings coat the song with a lush, old-fashioned feel.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Extends (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extends%20%28out%29. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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