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as in fussed
to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior
a young lieutenant constantly sucking up to the commanding officer
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The crime went unsolved for many years, prompting Mason to start making this movie in the early 2000s, and the immediate conclusion to jump to is that the LAPD maybe wasn’t too fussed about it.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026 -
Dunst doesn’t get fussed about that sort of thing.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
27 Nov. 2025
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O’Sullivan shared dinners with the family, drank with the man’s parents, and would pray with and counsel them, Baillie said.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Apr. 2026
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O’Keefe family members had between the two criminal trials filed a civil suit against Read and two bars where Read and O’Keefe had drank the night ahead of his death.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the Iranians, in their resistance, have absorbed the kind of damage to the country that is extremely difficult to recover from.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2026
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This can reduce how much protein is absorbed.—
Morgan Pearson,
Verywell Health,
27 Apr. 2026
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For years, college coaches and NBA scouts have drooled over the potential of Stokes, a likely 2027 lottery pick.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Keong says these pillow protectors slide easily over her puffiest pillows, wash up well at the laundromat, and help prevent her new pillows from getting too drooled-on to be presentable for overnight guests.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
23 Sep. 2025
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According to Filomeno Aguilar, Jr, once the Europeans were gone, the hacenderos kowtowed to the Americans, offering the island as a protectorate in the hopes of securing favorable access to the lucrative US market for their sugar.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Nov. 2025
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“Sucked (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucked%20%28up%29. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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