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Verb
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Haulcy plays like somebody insulted his family before kickoff.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026 -
Trump has threatened to fire Powell a number of times, as well as insulted his character and policies.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Many Idaho liberals of all ages were especially affronted by the fact that the Israeli government paid for the lawmakers’ travel, said Olivia Luna, the president of Idaho’s Babe Vote, who signed the letter as an individual calling for Rubel’s resignation.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Sep. 2025
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Thinking about it that way invests meaning in an anecdote Norris related about a member of the copy department so affronted by something a colleague had done that she was inspired to pick up an object and hurl it in that colleague’s general direction.—
Ben Yagoda,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Adam Sandler crooned it in the 2006 Click, as the soundtrack to his first kiss with Kate Beckinsale.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
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Alfred, our pianist and vocalist in Dolce Vita, crooned standards beautifully and always drew a crowd.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
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Many early critics have disparaged the film for being a confusing, melodramatic, metaphysical mess.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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For nearly half a century after the creation of the Girls’ Athletic Association, photos of girls playing sports were accompanied by captions that disparaged their athletic abilities.—
Michael A Messner,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
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Serene spa music, a blend of classical piano and loudly chirping birds, trilled in the background as the machine sloshed and gurgled.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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My mother trilled vapidly over these mundane facts.—
Madhuri Vijay,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
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Others gathered in clusters of desks, showing their artwork to friends as lo-fi music hummed in the background.—
Noah Alcala Bach,
San Antonio Express-News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Just outside the main entrance of Spectrum Center, as a saxophone blared and drums rumbled and fans hummed past each other with life, there stood Bradley Davis.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Apr. 2026
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The president belittled Bray on social media and threatened to support a primary challenger, and still Bray wouldn’t budge.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Apr. 2026
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According to the suit, she was humiliated by fellow staff members and belittled due to her race, country of origin, religion and immigration status.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Slurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slurred. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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