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Recent Examples of skive
The graduation ceremony and the reception afterward are cute and heartwarming for the grown-ups, bittersweet and mortifying for the kids, who skive off to smoke some of Ed’s high-test weed and have a little Texas Forever moment, toasting their enduring friendships.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skive
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Reiner, with his head shaved and a scruffy goatee, wore a yellow prison top with blue prison pants.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Based on the physical locations of Burlington’s stores and vendors near the distribution center, the company expects to shave some freight costs relative to sales, said Kristin Wolfe, chief financial officer of Burlington Stores, during an earnings call on March 5.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Don't shear the shrubs, which can cause the center to die out.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2026
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The communications pole that was sheared in the April 2025 crash that left 19-year-old Preston Obeidin dead near Temecula.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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His work as an accountant had spared him the sun marks and whittled skin that Mother carried.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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This, in turn, will whittle stream flows.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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In 1968, an overzealous pup nipped a postman delivering mail to Balmoral Castle.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
19 Apr. 2026
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But with the best players in the world nipping at his Nikes, McIlroy proved otherwise.—
Stan Awtrey,
AJC.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Instead of going near the moon, the mission will serve as a test flight in which a new crew of astronauts aboard an Orion capsule will dock in Earth orbit with at least one of the commercial lunar landers being developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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Since 2022, Russia has dropped thousands of mines across the Black Sea, presaging Iran's Hormuz blockade by using underwater explosives to deter vessels from docking in Ukraine's Black Sea ports.—
Aidan Stretch,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The expected tariff refund helped push the company’s stock up 6% in pre-market trading, before paring back gains.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Decisions of how Brazzell fits into this receiver room — which has 10 players on its official roster and will likely have to be pared down to five or six by August’s final cuts — are months away.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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Mix the Edible With the Ornamental One of the great quiet luxuries of a hobby gardener’s patio is reaching from a chair to snip a sprig of mint for tea or a few leaves of basil for dinner.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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Brushing past a pot of rosemary on the way to the grill, or snipping mint for a drink, makes the garden feel personal in a way that purely ornamental plantings cannot.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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It was not known which way Woods was leaning before his SUV clipped the back of a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck on a residential road in Florida, turning his vehicle on its side.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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It was not known which way Woods was leaning when his SUV clipped the back of a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck on a residential road in Florida, turning his SUV on its side.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Skive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skive. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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