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"\u2014 Tobias Smollett"
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"He delivered a long harangue about the evils of popular culture.",
"launched into a long harangue about poor customer service without realizing that I wasn't even an employee!",
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"He harangued us for hours about the evils of popular culture.",
"the eminent professor harangued for three hours on his favorite subject, the clash of East and West",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In Putin\u2019s incendiary harangue announcing the invasion last week, one ominous sentence from the Russian leader threatened more than Ukraine. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Just a few seconds on the receiving end of a harangue from such a fellow, whether at a surf break or the crag or the skin track, is enough to ruin an otherwise lovely day. \u2014 Outside Online , 26 Mar. 2021",
"Mencken wasn\u2019t through with his anti-bridge harangue . \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 5 May 2022",
"Devin Wade powerfully plays Charlie as an entitled teen who explodes in a high-pitched, raging 10-minute harangue on the evils of affirmative action that\u2019s both stunning and exhausting to watch. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Feb. 2022",
"When that performance ends, succeeded by the latest sermon/ harangue from Pastor Guilherme (Thiago Fragoso), Michele and the Treasures of the Lord glance excitedly at their phones \u2014 the prior night\u2019s beatdown video has already gotten 10,000 likes. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Before Miami Joe and the crew arrived at Carney\u2019s Furniture, there was time for monologues that ranged in tenor between condemnation and harangue . \u2014 Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker , 19 July 2021",
"As always, my best suggestion is to stay out of it\u2014don\u2019t go on Twitter and harass or harangue anyone. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 26 June 2021",
"During his Stelter harangue , Bongino \u2014 in typical, stream-of-consciouness mode \u2014 occasionally had to interrupt himself. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Brenda continues to harangue Allen, who yells at her to shut up and smacks her in the face. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Sixteen months into the Biden administration, the number remains stuck on zero, even as the administration continues to harangue the industry for failing to produce more oil and gas. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"From there, Jen continues to harangue Lisa, blaming her for things that Meredith has said and done. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Jan. 2022",
"Mine workers are likely to be more persuasive to Mr. Manchin than the progressive activists who kayaked to his houseboat at a Washington marina to harangue him or the colleagues buttonholing him at Senate votes. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
"At a recent public meeting convened by the Council to discuss the boar issue, hundreds of residents showed up to harangue her for three hours. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Protesters first showed up on Nov. 24, banging on pots to harangue Garcetti. \u2014 Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times , 30 Nov. 2020",
"There are hints, too, of mid-period Milan Kundera, blurring the author-narrator role to harangue the reader with theories and historical facts. \u2014 Leo Robson, Harper's Magazine , 27 Oct. 2020",
"Larry would call, again and again, haranguing me for not writing enough about AIDS. \u2014 Patrick Skerrett, STAT , 28 May 2020"
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"This month, members of the Proud Boys and White supremacist groups crashed various LGBTQ events to harass and intimidate participants. \u2014 Jill Filipovic, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"As waves of police from departments across Texas converge on Uvalde, officers have continued to intimidate, harass and impede journalists covering the aftermath of the second-deadliest K-12 school shooting ever in the United States. \u2014 Brian Chasnoff, San Antonio Express-News , 6 June 2022",
"What harassers were able to do with Twitter was to create networks of fake accounts that would then harass and impersonate other people, which caused a lot more confusion. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"Federal charges have been filed against five people believed to be working for the Chinese government to spy on, harass and stalk former Chinese nationals living in the U.S. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Activists say police have been known to harass and assault transgender people after detaining them. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 Apr. 2022",
"China employs an extensive maritime militia disguised as a civilian fishing fleet to harass its neighbors and illegally plunder their fish. \u2014 Jill Goldenziel, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The reality is that social media can be an outlet for a person to stalk, intimidate and harass their ex-partners. \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 4 Mar. 2022",
"But they can also be used to harass and stifle conversations. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 4 Feb. 2022"
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"She was constantly harassed by the other students.",
"He claims that he is being unfairly harassed by the police.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This month, members of the Proud Boys and White supremacist groups crashed various LGBTQ events to harass and intimidate participants. \u2014 Jill Filipovic, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"As waves of police from departments across Texas converge on Uvalde, officers have continued to intimidate, harass and impede journalists covering the aftermath of the second-deadliest K-12 school shooting ever in the United States. \u2014 Brian Chasnoff, San Antonio Express-News , 6 June 2022",
"What harassers were able to do with Twitter was to create networks of fake accounts that would then harass and impersonate other people, which caused a lot more confusion. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"Federal charges have been filed against five people believed to be working for the Chinese government to spy on, harass and stalk former Chinese nationals living in the U.S. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Activists say police have been known to harass and assault transgender people after detaining them. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 Apr. 2022",
"China employs an extensive maritime militia disguised as a civilian fishing fleet to harass its neighbors and illegally plunder their fish. \u2014 Jill Goldenziel, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The reality is that social media can be an outlet for a person to stalk, intimidate and harass their ex-partners. \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 4 Mar. 2022",
"But they can also be used to harass and stifle conversations. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 4 Feb. 2022"
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"She was constantly harassed by the other students.",
"He claims that he is being unfairly harassed by the police.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This month, members of the Proud Boys and White supremacist groups crashed various LGBTQ events to harass and intimidate participants. \u2014 Jill Filipovic, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"As waves of police from departments across Texas converge on Uvalde, officers have continued to intimidate, harass and impede journalists covering the aftermath of the second-deadliest K-12 school shooting ever in the United States. \u2014 Brian Chasnoff, San Antonio Express-News , 6 June 2022",
"What harassers were able to do with Twitter was to create networks of fake accounts that would then harass and impersonate other people, which caused a lot more confusion. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"Federal charges have been filed against five people believed to be working for the Chinese government to spy on, harass and stalk former Chinese nationals living in the U.S. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Activists say police have been known to harass and assault transgender people after detaining them. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 Apr. 2022",
"China employs an extensive maritime militia disguised as a civilian fishing fleet to harass its neighbors and illegally plunder their fish. \u2014 Jill Goldenziel, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The reality is that social media can be an outlet for a person to stalk, intimidate and harass their ex-partners. \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 4 Mar. 2022",
"But they can also be used to harass and stifle conversations. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 4 Feb. 2022"
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"h\u0259-\u02c8ras, \u02c8har-\u0259s"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for harass worry , annoy , harass , harry , plague , pester , tease mean to disturb or irritate by persistent acts. worry implies an incessant goading or attacking that drives one to desperation. pursued a policy of worrying the enemy annoy implies disturbing one's composure or peace of mind by intrusion, interference, or petty attacks. you're doing that just to annoy me harass implies petty persecutions or burdensome demands that exhaust one's nervous or mental power. harassed on all sides by creditors harry may imply heavy oppression or maltreatment. the strikers had been harried by thugs plague implies a painful and persistent affliction. plagued all her life by poverty pester stresses the repetition of petty attacks. constantly pestered with trivial complaints tease suggests an attempt to break down one's resistance or rouse to wrath. children teased the dog",
"synonyms":[
"break",
"burn out",
"bust",
"do in",
"do up",
"drain",
"exhaust",
"fag",
"fatigue",
"frazzle",
"kill",
"knock out",
"outwear",
"tire",
"tucker (out)",
"wash out",
"wear",
"wear out",
"weary"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165320",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"harateen":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of harateen variant spelling of harrateen"
],
"examples":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-152442",
"type":[]
},
"harbinger":{
"antonyms":[
"adumbrate",
"forerun",
"foreshadow",
"herald",
"prefigure"
],
"definitions":{
": a person sent ahead to provide lodgings":[],
": one that initiates a major change : a person or thing that originates or helps open up a new activity, method, or technology : pioneer":[
"the great legal harbinger of the New Deal revolution",
"\u2014 Time",
"a harbinger of nanotechnology",
"the harbingers of peace to a hitherto distracted \u2026 people",
"\u2014 David Livingstone"
],
": something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come":[
"robins, crocuses, and other harbingers of spring"
],
": to give a warning or prediction of : to be a harbinger (see harbinger entry 1 ) of":[
"harbingered the fall of Rome"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"her father's successful job interview was seen as a harbinger of better times to come",
"Verb",
"the hope that the housing slump does not harbinger a general economic recession",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Many riders Thursday saw their reappearance as a harbinger of normal service to come, even if that reality remains at least weeks away. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"The election is being watched as a harbinger of rising radicalism in local government, particularly because the recall contingent has touted its playbook as a national model. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"Others saw the online reaction as a harbinger of what the jury would decide. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"That was the first ICBM test since 2017 and was widely seen as a harbinger of tests to come. \u2014 Paula Hancocks, CNN , 8 May 2022",
"Throughout the pandemic, the U.K. has generally served as a harbinger of what\u2019s to come for California, first with the alpha variant, followed by delta, and most recently with omicron. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Harvard University's decision not to require standardized test scores for admission for at least the next four years is rightly seen as a harbinger of broader institutional change in higher education. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 24 Dec. 2021",
"South Africa, which announced the discovery of the variant on Nov. 25, is being watched as a harbinger of what may happen with omicron elsewhere. \u2014 Antony Sguazzin, BostonGlobe.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Right-wing groups celebrating, the NRA declaring victory, and liberal leaders decrying the decision as a harbinger of lawless vigilantism and domestic terrorism. \u2014 Christal Hayes, USA TODAY , 19 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"1646, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English herbergere, herberjour, herbeger, harbenyowre \"member of a noble or royal retinue who assigns lodgings to guests or rides ahead to prepare an encampment, host, innkeeper,\" borrowed from Anglo-French herberger, herberjur (continental Old French herbergeor ), from herberger \"to lodge, shelter, encamp\" (continental Old French herbergier, borrowed from Old Low Franconian *hariberg\u014dn, going back to Germanic *hariberg\u014djan- \"to set up quarters for an army\") + -er, -eor -er entry 2 \u2014 more at harbor entry 2":"Noun",
"derivative of harbinger entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4r-b\u0259n-j\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for harbinger Noun forerunner , precursor , harbinger , herald mean one that goes before or announces the coming of another. forerunner is applicable to anything that serves as a sign or presage. the blockade was the forerunner of war precursor applies to a person or thing paving the way for the success or accomplishment of another. 18th century poets like Burns were precursors of the Romantics harbinger and herald both apply, chiefly figuratively, to one that proclaims or announces the coming or arrival of a notable event. their early victory was the harbinger of a winning season the herald of a new age in medicine",
"synonyms":[
"angel",
"foregoer",
"forerunner",
"herald",
"outrider",
"precursor"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002103",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"harbor":{
"antonyms":[
"bear",
"cherish",
"entertain",
"have",
"hold",
"nurse"
],
"definitions":{
": a place of security and comfort : refuge":[
"the \u2026 Loyalists found harbor in the same areas",
"\u2014 W. G. Hardy"
],
": live":[
"parasites that harbor in the blood"
],
": to give shelter or refuge to":[
"harboring a fugitive"
],
": to hold especially persistently in the mind : cherish":[
"harbored a grudge"
],
": to take shelter in or as if in a harbor":[
"ships harboring in the bay"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the tanker stayed in Boston harbor three days to undergo repairs",
"seeking a harbor from the drenching rain, we unfortunately chose a bank where a robbery was taking place",
"Verb",
"It is illegal to harbor an escaped convict.",
"He still harbors deep feelings of resentment toward his former employer.",
"I don't harbor any illusions about our chances for success.",
"She studies the genetic material harbored in a cell's nucleus.",
"Some of these animals may harbor disease that could affect humans.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The peak provides views of not only \u00c5lesund\u2019s cityscape, but also the harbor and islands that extend into the ocean beyond it. \u2014 Shelby Knick, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"At the end of a dark corridor that leads to a lavish courtyard with benches and trees, a place where the wind comes off the harbor and workers and residents pass between glassy high-rise buildings, lies a world much smaller than ours. \u2014 Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"Day trips include harbor and dinner cruises along the Mississippi River. \u2014 Tyler O'neil, Fox News , 4 May 2022",
"There are now so few passengers that the company that owns Star Ferry says the service may soon end, dimming the life of the harbor and the city itself. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"That crazy idea may soon stand guard at Galveston Bay, home to the nation's largest export harbor and the biggest petrochemical complex in the Western Hemisphere. \u2014 Ben Tracy, CBS News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"In 2019, after completing a multimillion-dollar renovation of its commercial harbor and cruise ship terminal, the Port of Valdez welcomed back its first large cruise ships since the early 2000s. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 24 Aug. 2021",
"Its capital, Port-au-Prince, was overrun by trash and human waste that washed into the harbor . \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"Competitors will once again plunge almost 90 feet into the harbor from a diving platform atop the ICA\u2019s cantilevered eight-story building. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"With so many susceptible animals out there, figuring out which ones harbor the virus could send researchers on a yearslong race, without a clear finish line. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
"Its innovations have long been hailed as a win for normalization, as its sleek look takes away potential fear that some new weed consumers may harbor over concentrates. \u2014 Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Ukrainian troops recaptured Slovyansk in July 2014, and money from Kyiv poured in, part of an effort to make a Russian-speaking city where some still harbor sympathies for Russia into a hotbed of pro-Ukrainian sentiment. \u2014 Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Hopkin: To confirm this suspicion, Larsen and his colleagues screened hedgehogs from Europe and New Zealand and found that hedgehogs in Scandinavia and the UK harbor a heavy load of mecC MRSA. \u2014 Karen Hopkin, Scientific American , 8 June 2022",
"Those who become radicalized by extremist groups or harbor dangerous, racist views, experts say, require a more complex treatment plan that seeks to address the underlying causes of their ideology and reframe their mindset entirely. \u2014 Emma Tucker, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"Phillips and Pereria were conducting research for a book in an area of the Amazon that experts believe can be dangerous and known to harbor criminals and international drug dealers, per CNN. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"However, the addition of a third wild card team in each league to the postseason this season at least gives the Diamondbacks a reason to harbor thoughts of participating in the playoffs for the first time since 2017, Lovullo\u2019s first year on the job. \u2014 John Perrotto, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Then there\u2019s Nicola, a beautiful young mother who seems too snooty to socialize with the neighbors \u2014 and who turns out to harbor unsettling secrets. \u2014 Sarah Lyall, New York Times , 27 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English herberwe, herberowe, herbour, harborow \"quarters, lodgings, field camp of an army, shelter for a traveler,\" going back to Old English herebeorg \"shelter, lodgings,\" going back to Germanic *hariberg\u014d- (whence also Old Frisian herberge \"lodging, inn,\" Old Saxon heriberga \"army camp,\" Old High German heriberga, herberga \"army camp, lodging for a traveler, accommodations,\" Old Norse herbergi \"inn, room\"), from *harja- \"body of armed men\" + *-berg\u014d- \"shelter, protection,\" noun derivative from the base of *bergan- \"to keep safe\" (whence Old English beorgan [strong verb class III] \"to protect, defend, preserve,\" Old Saxon gibergan \"to protect,\" Old High German bergan \"to save, preserve, conceal,\" Old Norse bjarga \"to save,\" Gothic bairgan \"to keep, preserve\"), going back to dialectal Indo-European *b h erg h -, whence also Old Church Slavic nebr\u011bg\u01eb, nebr\u011b\u0161ti \"to disregard, neglect,\" Czech brh \"hayrick, cave, hut\" (from *b\u012drg\u016d ), Czech brah \"hayrick,\" Polish br\u00f3g \"hayrick, barn for hay\" (from *borg\u016d ), Lithuanian b\u00ecrginti \"to be sparing, not spend much,\" Old Irish commairce \"protection, refuge\" (from *\u1e31om-b h org h -i\u032fe- ) \u2014 more at harry":"Noun",
"Middle English herberwen, herborewen \"to lodge, give shelter to,\" going back to Old English herebeorgian, going back to Germanic *hariberg\u014djan- (whence also Middle Dutch herbergen \"to provide shelter for,\" Old High German heriberg\u014dn \"to set up quarters for an army, stay as a guest,\" Old Norse herbergja \"to shelter [a person], lodge\"), derivative of *hariberg\u014d- \"shelter for an armed force\" \u2014 more at harbor entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4r-b\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"harborage",
"haven",
"port"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060253",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"harbor gasket":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a canvas or sennit band used to secure a sail":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221110",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"harbor line":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a line defining the limits of a harbor":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232234",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"harbor porpoise":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a common porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena ) of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans that is dark gray with whitish undersides and typically ranges from 5 to 6 feet (1.5 to 1.8 meters) in length":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133537",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"harborage":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": shelter , harbor":[]
},
"examples":[
"the city boasts one of the best deepwater harborages on the Atlantic coast",
"the only harborage from the storm was a lone pine tree, which looked like it could get hit by lightning any minute",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In addition to food, roaches need harborage to thrive. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 30 Mar. 2020",
"In addition to food, roaches need harborage to thrive. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 30 Mar. 2020",
"In addition to food, roaches need harborage to thrive. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 30 Mar. 2020",
"In addition to food, roaches need harborage to thrive. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 30 Mar. 2020",
"In addition to food, roaches need harborage to thrive. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 30 Mar. 2020",
"In addition to food, roaches need harborage to thrive. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 7 Feb. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"harbor entry 1 + -age , replacing earlier and Middle English herbergage, borrowed from Anglo-French, \"lodging, house, dwelling,\" from herberger \"to lodge, shelter\" or herberge \"lodging, inn, camp\" + -age -age \u2014 more at harbinger entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4r-b\u0259-rij"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"harbor",
"haven",
"port"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220644",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"harbormaster":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an officer who executes the regulations respecting the use of a harbor":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Five people were rescued by an Ipswich police officer/assistant harbormaster after a 16-foot aluminum boat capsized in a mooring field. \u2014 Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com , 25 June 2022",
"Curtis Havel, who until recently was the harbormaster overseeing the anchorage, has been threatened, sued and pepper sprayed. \u2014 Rachel Scheier, Los Angeles Times , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The agency called for help from the town\u2019s fire department and harbormaster to help extinguish the flames, said Petty Officer Amanda Wyrick. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Aug. 2021",
"John Higgins, the harbormaster in Ventura, was among those frustrated by the incessant currents, trying to keep the harbor in order, while still fielding normal calls for service. \u2014 Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
"In Plymouth, the harbormaster tweeted that some boats had broken loose from their moorings following the morning high tide and rough winds. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The harbormaster was able to reach the man, who was wearing a fishing bib but had no lifejacket, and take him to EMS workers, Noel said. \u2014 Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Nov. 2021",
"The plane\u2019s last transponder signal was picked up over the open ocean, where waters are between 50 and 80 feet deep, said Stuart F.X. Smith, Chatham harbormaster . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
"While Meg chats with the harbormaster about the crest, Harry finds something far more interesting \u2014 another ouroboros (a snake eating its own tail). \u2014 Matt Cabral, EW.com , 11 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1769, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4r-b\u0259r-\u02ccma-st\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103936",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hard":{
"antonyms":[
"amain",
"arduously",
"assiduously",
"determinedly",
"diligently",
"doggedly",
"hardly",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intensively",
"intently",
"laboriously",
"mightily",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"sedulously",
"slavishly",
"strenuously"
],
"definitions":{
": being at once addictive and gravely detrimental to health":[
"such hard drugs as heroin"
],
": being high and unlikely to change":[
"hard prices"
],
": being, schooled in, or using the methods of the natural sciences and especially of the physical sciences":[
"a hard scientist"
],
": characterized by sharp or harsh outline, rigid execution, and stiff drawing":[
"hard forms"
],
": characterized by the presence of salts (as of calcium or magnesium) that prevent lathering with soap":[
"hard water"
],
": close , searching":[
"gave a hard look"
],
": close in time or space":[
"stands hard by the river"
],
": contributed (as by individuals or political action committees) directly to a particular candidate or campaign":[],
": convertible into gold : stable in value":[],
": demanding the exertion of energy : calling for stamina and endurance":[
"hard work"
],
": difficult to accomplish or resolve : troublesome":[
"hard problems",
"the true story was hard to come by"
],
": difficult to bear or endure":[
"hard luck",
"hard times"
],
": difficult to comprehend or explain":[
"a hard concept"
],
": difficult to magnetize or demagnetize":[],
": expressed in a clear and decisive way : leaving no doubt":[
"Offers to install an electric door opener at her own expense were met with a hard no from the garage landlords, whose old-fashioned sensibilities dictated that their tenants use multiple manual locks to secure the space.",
"\u2014 Ronnie Koenig",
"The editor [Gene Policinski] said he told Ashe that \" USA Today does not print unconfirmed stories from unattributed sources, but in the absence of a hard denial, or confirmation, the information seemed credible and we would continue to pursue the story.\"",
"\u2014 William C. Rhoden"
],
": firm , definite":[
"reached a hard agreement"
],
": firmly and closely twisted":[
"hard yarns"
],
": free from sentimentality or illusion : realistic":[
"good hard sense"
],
": free of weakness : unyielding":[
"a man of hard unbending will"
],
": harsh, severe, or offensive in tendency or effect":[
"said some hard things"
],
": having a harsh or acid taste":[],
": having a smooth close napless finish":[
"a hard worsted"
],
": having difficulty in doing something":[
"hard of hearing"
],
": having or producing relatively great photographic contrast":[
"a hard negative"
],
": important or informative rather than sensational or entertaining":[
"hard news"
],
": in a firm manner : tightly":[
"hold on hard"
],
": in a searching, close, or concentrated manner":[
"stared hard at me"
],
": in a violent manner : fiercely":[
"hit the ball hard",
"The wind was blowing hard ."
],
": in such a manner as to cause hardship , difficulty, or pain":[
"The economic downturn has hit the poor especially hard ."
],
": incapable of being corrected or disciplined : tough , unruly":[
"a hard gang"
],
": inflicting physical discomfort or hardship : inclement":[
"hard winter"
],
": intense in force, manner, or degree":[
"hard blows"
],
": lacking consideration, compassion, or gentleness : callous":[
"a hard greedy landlord"
],
": lacking in shading, delicacy, or resonance":[
"hard singing tones"
],
": marked by resentment":[
"hard feelings"
],
": metallic as distinct from paper":[
"hard money"
],
": most unyielding or thoroughgoing":[
"the hard political right"
],
": not capable of being spread : very firm":[],
": not easily penetrated : not easily yielding to pressure":[
"hard surfaces",
"an uncomfortably hard chair"
],
": not speculative or conjectural : factual":[
"hard evidence"
],
": of or relating to radiation of relatively high penetrating power : having high energy":[
"hard X-rays"
],
": oppressive , inequitable":[
"sales taxes are hard on the poor",
"a hard restriction"
],
": performing or carrying on with great energy, intensity, or persistence":[
"a hard worker"
],
": physically fit":[
"in good hard condition"
],
": readily acceptable in international trade":[],
": resistant to biodegradation":[
"hard detergents",
"hard pesticides such as DDT"
],
": resistant to stress or disease : hardy":[
"a hard plant"
],
": sharply defined : stark":[
"hard shadows"
],
": sounding as in candy and geese respectively":[
"\u2014 used of c and g the word arc is pronounced with a hard c"
],
": strict , unrelenting":[
"drives a hard bargain"
],
": strongly alcoholic":[],
": suggestive of toughness or insensitivity":[
"hard eyes"
],
": to an immoderate degree":[
"been drinking hard lately"
],
": to the full extent":[
"\u2014 usually used in nautical directions steer hard aport"
],
": to the point of hardness":[
"frozen hard"
],
": unlikely to respond in a kind or sympathetic way : unfeeling":[
"a hard heart"
],
": usable as currency":[
"paid in hard cash"
],
": with great or utmost effort or energy : strenuously":[
"were hard at work"
],
": with rancor, bitterness, or grief":[
"took the defeat hard"
],
"\u2014 see also hard pass":[
"Offers to install an electric door opener at her own expense were met with a hard no from the garage landlords, whose old-fashioned sensibilities dictated that their tenants use multiple manual locks to secure the space.",
"\u2014 Ronnie Koenig",
"The editor [Gene Policinski] said he told Ashe that \" USA Today does not print unconfirmed stories from unattributed sources, but in the absence of a hard denial, or confirmation, the information seemed credible and we would continue to pursue the story.\"",
"\u2014 William C. Rhoden"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She was asked a lot of hard questions.",
"We're going to have to make some hard choices.",
"It was very hard to find a replacement for her.",
"Their story is hard to believe.",
"It's hard not to worry about her.",
"It's hard to tell what she's thinking.",
"He has learned a hard lesson.",
"His health has suffered from years of hard living.",
"This old bicycle has obviously gotten some hard use.",
"Adverb",
"You have to work hard in order to succeed.",
"I know how hard she tried.",
"She ran as hard as she could.",
"We've thought long and hard about this problem.",
"He hit the ball hard .",
"The ball hit him hard on the wrist.",
"He pressed his nose hard against the window.",
"She pushed hard against the door, but it wouldn't open.",
"The wind was blowing hard .",
"The snow came down hard .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"One thing that\u2019s hard to wrap my head around, though, is the notion that food will always be fraught for me. \u2014 Emma Specter, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 June 2022",
"And now, all of that hard work is starting to come to an end. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 22 June 2022",
"If social reaction means anything, her hard work paid off. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"Owners with management-intensive assets like single-family rentals, manufactured home communities, and small apartment buildings may want to relax, travel, and otherwise enjoy the result of decades of hard work. \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"My career and my children are a product of my own hard work and choices, underpinned by a society and health care system that once understood the necessity of an individual\u2019s right to choose their own destiny. \u2014 Mary T. Bassett, ELLE , 22 June 2022",
"Don Newcombe was probably the outstanding pitcher of that time, and Don took me aside right away and said, \u2018Pitching is hard work. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"For those in the Spurs\u2019 front office, months of hard work come to a head with Thursday\u2019s NBA draft. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 20 June 2022",
"After working for 17 years at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago, Bradley decided all of her hard work that was going toward building and maintaining someone else\u2019s business should go toward building her own. \u2014 Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Abundance could feel within reach for those willing to work hard and dream big. \u2014 Kathryn Porritt, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The hard -fought museum, which Congress authorized in December 2020, isn't expected to open for at least a decade and doesn't yet have a building or its own collection. \u2014 Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"The Juneteenth commemoration marks the legal end of slavery in the United States, a hard -fought achievement of the Civil War. \u2014 Maria Cramer, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"The pandemic never changed the fact that clients need legal services, and our lawyers and staff work hard to provide those services. \u2014 Lisa M. Bolton, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"French President Emmanuel Macron said Ukraine would eventually have to hold peace talks with Russia, while Ukrainian troops fought hard to hold back the Russian invasion force in the country\u2019s east. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Friday night, the Yankees had to work extra hard just to squeak one out, but Saturday night in the Bronx the Bombers left no doubts. \u2014 Kristie Ackert, Hartford Courant , 12 June 2022",
"Thrash metal pioneers who work hard , play with skillful conviction and maintain a huge, devoted fan base. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
"Moreno said Lee is a versatile player who loves to work hard . \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adverb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English heard ; akin to Old High German hart hard, Greek kratos strength":"Adjective and Adverb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4rd"
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"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
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"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
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"type":[
"noun"
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": unrefined lead made hard by impurities especially of copper, antimony, and arsenic":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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": hard luck":[
"\u2014 often used interjectionally"
]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One, a digital illustration with hard lines and uniform colors, was almost a caricature. \u2014 Sarah Blustain, ProPublica , 9 June 2022",
"Cream blush will give you that beautiful dewy look and a buffing dense brush helps with any hard lines from the cream blush. \u2014 Rachel Dube, SELF , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The heat spreaders and LED strips are relatively conservative and downright tasteful in relation to other gaudy memory offerings, presenting as mostly hard lines and no outwardly jutting ridiculousness. \u2014 Mitch Wallace, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021",
"That's led to some frustration on the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue because Biden hasn't taken any clear hard lines with any members of factions inside the party. \u2014 Phil Mattingly, CNN , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Currently, the menu draws hard lines between Mexican options and the Asian menu. \u2014 Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com , 16 Aug. 2021",
"Thresholds aren\u2019t hard lines between unprotected and protected; everyone always carries some relative risk, especially amid a pandemic this devastating. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 21 July 2021",
"Energetic paintings by Jennifer Duncan and Kimberley Bursic distill forests and flowers, respectively, into semiabstract forms, while Al Lipton\u2019s canvases depict vaguely architectural structures in hard lines and watery pigment. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 June 2021",
"Time had worn hard lines and chiseled planes into what had once been a slightly rounded face, tipping the balance from simply handsome into breathtakingly gorgeous. \u2014 Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire , 29 Mar. 2021"
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"1824, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141152",
"type":[
"plural noun"
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"hard of hearing":{
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": relating to or having partial hearing loss":[
"people who are hard of hearing",
"the deaf and hard of hearing community",
"\u2026 the task force \u2026 will ask the Nebraska Department of Education to hire a national consulting firm with expertise in the area of deaf and hard of hearing education to analyze Nebraska's system.",
"\u2014 Margaret Reist"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Oleksandr, who was hard of hearing , had given up his job as a carpenter to care for her. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Mask-wearing, another widespread tactic for combating the spread of coronavirus, has eliminated a major tool for many people who are deaf or hard of hearing : reading lips. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Aug. 2021",
"But it was fiercely opposed by many parents of younger deaf children like Cohen, as well as L.A. mayoral candidate Rick Caruso, whose daughter is hard of hearing . \u2014 Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"Pull up the driveway, and you\u2019ll be greeted by Roxy, a 14-year-old black Lab who\u2019s hard of hearing and going blind. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 2 May 2022",
"The Boston Fire Department urged people this week to take advantage of a program that installs a free bed shaker alarm in the homes of deaf or hard of hearing people to help alert them to a fire, according to a tweet from the department. \u2014 Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
"Three of the movie\u2019s actors, including Kotsur, have ties to Gallaudet University, which serves students who are deaf and hard of hearing . \u2014 Ben Finley, chicagotribune.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Three of the movie's actors, including Kotsur, have ties to Gallaudet University, which serves students who are deaf and hard of hearing . \u2014 Ben Finley, ajc , 29 Mar. 2022",
"There are five on-screen captioned filmed scheduled for the event to make the films accessible for people who are deaf, hard of hearing , have difficulty understanding spoken language, or prefer captions while watching films. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"noun"
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"hard palate":{
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"definitions":{
": the bony anterior part of the palate forming the roof of the mouth":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dangling from the hard palate , burrowed in the nooks and crannies of the tongue and intertwined in the plaque on teeth are the many hundreds of species that make up the human oral microbiome. \u2014 Eryn Brown, Smithsonian , 8 Nov. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
"1779, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113721",
"type":[
"noun"
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"hard pass":{
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": a firm refusal or rejection of something (such as an offer)":[
"Then poor Gendry asks Arya to be his lady, but Arya gives him a hard pass .",
"\u2014 Rob Bricken",
"\u2026 the residents of Gunbarrel speak with a unified and unwavering voice: \"No thank you, Mr. Mayor! Hard pass .\"",
"\u2014 R. M. O'Dea",
"That disclaimer was disregarded by some who found Turner's suggestion too extreme. A home run derby in a regular season game",
"\u2014 Jorge Castillo",
"Take a hard pass on the house cocktails, and stick with beer or wine. Or skip the booze altogether \u2026",
"\u2014 Greg Cox"
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"first_known_use":{
"2014, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135007",
"type":[
"noun"
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"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"definitions":{
": poorly provided":[
"hard up for friends"
],
": short of money":[]
},
"examples":[
"despite being undeniably hard up , they had too much pride to accept charity",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Point: Democrats are hard up for positive news in advance of the 2022 midterms. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Our good friend has been working hard up at Harvard this semester, and also providing Alabama with his football expertise back at home. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 14 Oct. 2021",
"But already hard up again the luxury tax, that does not appear to be an option, almost assuredly to open the regular season with 14. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Again, at the moment there is no room at the inn, with the Heat hard up against the luxury tax. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 24 Aug. 2021",
"In Pittsburgh, Pens fans were so hard up for an excuse for the 5-4 opening loss that there were bitter complaints that Taylor's ultralong anthem took the life out of the home crowd. \u2014 Star Tribune , 10 July 2021",
"People must have been hard up for entertainment 100 years ago. \u2014 Celia Storey, Arkansas Online , 14 June 2021",
"Their efforts beautified what would\u2019ve otherwise been an empty lot, and provided a pantry for immigrants and working-class folks hard up for fresh food. \u2014 Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2021",
"And what about the workers who will remain unemployed\u2014those who won\u2019t snap back to work because the businesses that employed them collapsed and because many of the ones left will be too hard up to hire again anytime soon"
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"first_known_use":{
"1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061109",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"hard wall plaster":{
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": cement plaster":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005043",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"hard waste":{
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"definitions":{
": textile waste rejected during manufacturing processes after spinning and consisting usually of twisted yarns":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061517",
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"hard wheat":{
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"definitions":{
": a wheat with hard kernels that are high in gluten and that yield a flour especially suitable for bread and macaroni":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bread Flour Milled entirely from hard wheat , bread flour is the strongest of all flours with a high protein content at 12 to 14 percent. \u2014 Carmen Collins, Country Living , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Flour made from high-protein wheat varieties, called hard wheat , have 10 to 14 percent protein content. \u2014 Carmen Collins, Country Living , 19 Apr. 2022",
"To maximize the ecological benefits of your loaf, try to source local bread flour made from a hard wheat variety, such as Glenn, Bolles, Turkey Red or Red Fife. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 May 2021",
"For example, bread flour\u2014the strongest type of flour\u2014is made from hard wheat , resulting in the denser, chewy texture desirable in bread. \u2014 Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Best Used For: Pie crusts, cookies, muffins, cakes, pancakes, biscuits, and bread sticks Bread Flour Milled entirely from hard wheat , bread flour is the strongest of all flours with a high protein content at 12 to 14 percent. \u2014 Carmen Collins, Country Living , 4 Feb. 2020"
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"1757, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"1822, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cch\u00e4rd-\u1d4an-\u02c8fast"
],
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"certain",
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"final",
"firm",
"fixed",
"flat",
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"hard",
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"set",
"settled",
"stable"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071156",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"soft",
"tender",
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8h\u00e4rd-\u02c8bi-t\u1d4an"
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"hard",
"hardened",
"hardy",
"inured",
"rugged",
"stout",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"toughened",
"vigorous"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045617",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
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"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
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": hardheaded , practical":[
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],
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8h\u00e4rd-\u02c8b\u022fi(-\u0259)ld"
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"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
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"hard",
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"inhuman",
"inhumane",
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"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
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"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214903",
"type":[
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"adjective",
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": of, relating to, or being part of a hard core":[
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],
": confirmed , die-hard":[
"hard-core rock fans",
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": containing explicit descriptions of sex acts or scenes of actual sex acts \u2014 compare soft-core":[],
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"\u2014 John Canaday"
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},
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"bred-in-the-bone",
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"settled"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"He knows that he can count on the support of a hard core of party loyalists.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Strong believers in political violence, that 5%, are the hardest of the hard core . \u2014 David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Equity believers have to be a hard core buy the dippers to not acknowledge this is one frightening chart with a trajectory aiming at 10,000 and probably lower. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The suffix -core comes from hard core , which at first (1841) referred to broken bricks or stones that formed the hard substratum of roads and foundations. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Yet another wave of completely pointless death seems to be motivating a lot of people to finally get vaccinated \u2014 but thus far the procrastinators, not the ideological, hard core antivaxxers. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 27 Aug. 2021",
"And a hard core of vaccine resistance, often tied to far-right populism, helped set the stage for a virulent fourth wave of infections now raging across Europe, triggering stringent lockdowns whose like hadn\u2019t been seen for months. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Mobile marketers widely believe Google will introduce something similar, if not quite as hard core , in future version of Android. \u2014 John Koetsier, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Pick raspberries when the fruit is firm but soft, deeply colored, and easily slides off the hard core . \u2014 Melinda Myers, Star Tribune , 30 July 2021",
"For the hard core hikers, anything under 10 miles in rugged conditions might not be considered a real hike. \u2014 Field & Stream , 9 Mar. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1841, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183050"
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"ambitionless",
"unambitious"
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"definitions":{
": intensely ambitious, energetic, or hardworking":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4r(d)-\u02c8dr\u012b-vi\u014b"
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"ambitious",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231459",
"type":[
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},
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"definitions":{
": of or relating to abstract painting characterized by geometric forms with clearly defined boundaries":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8h\u00e4rd-\u02c8ej"
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},
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"cordial",
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"happy",
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"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warm-blooded",
"warmhearted"
],
"definitions":{
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"1792, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8h\u00e4rd-\u02cc\u012bd"
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"antiseptic",
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"brittle",
"chill",
"chilly",
"clammy",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cold-eyed",
"coldish",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"frozen",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194331",
"type":[
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},
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"antonyms":[
"charitable",
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"sensitive",
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"sympathetic",
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"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"definitions":{
": lacking in sympathetic understanding : unfeeling , pitiless":[]
},
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8h\u00e4rd-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
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"remorseless",
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"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012334",
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": lacking in sympathetic understanding : unfeeling , pitiless":[]
},
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100541",
"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-154306",
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},
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"antonyms":[
"flexible",
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"definitions":{
": advocating or involving a rigidly uncompromising course of action":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her little-girl voice could harden into a kind of ruthlessness and Nineteen found this out of character but hardening in another way. \u2014 Eugene Marten, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Cruz, who looked into the camera phone and realized he was being recorded, again argued that his bill to harden school security would have helped prevent school shootings like the one in Uvalde. \u2014 Adela Suliman, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"This means cannabis operators need to pro-actively design and harden their dispensaries and stores with the primary intent of deterring potential theft attempts. \u2014 Scott Thomas, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
"That\u2019s a signal that investors believe the Fed will quell inflation before expectations of future price increases harden into a self-fulfilling prophecy. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"The House Judiciary Committee is convening Thursday to consider a package of bills that would harden the nation's gun laws as lawmakers search for a legislative solution to a pair of mass shootings in a 10-day span that shocked the nation. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 2 June 2022",
"In April 2021, Gustavo Otzoy joined former Echo Park Lake residents at Pershing Square\u2014a shadeless, nearly benchless park redesigned in 1994 to harden its architecture against unhoused people. \u2014 Tracy Rosenthal, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
"As the spat deepens, Israeli leaders are facing growing pressure to harden their stance against Moscow. \u2014 Hadas Gold, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"The results stave off worries that under Le Pen France could cut political and economic ties to the EU, or harden its positions on immigration. \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 24 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her little-girl voice could harden into a kind of ruthlessness and Nineteen found this out of character but hardening in another way. \u2014 Eugene Marten, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Cruz, who looked into the camera phone and realized he was being recorded, again argued that his bill to harden school security would have helped prevent school shootings like the one in Uvalde. \u2014 Adela Suliman, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"This means cannabis operators need to pro-actively design and harden their dispensaries and stores with the primary intent of deterring potential theft attempts. \u2014 Scott Thomas, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
"That\u2019s a signal that investors believe the Fed will quell inflation before expectations of future price increases harden into a self-fulfilling prophecy. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"The House Judiciary Committee is convening Thursday to consider a package of bills that would harden the nation's gun laws as lawmakers search for a legislative solution to a pair of mass shootings in a 10-day span that shocked the nation. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 2 June 2022",
"In April 2021, Gustavo Otzoy joined former Echo Park Lake residents at Pershing Square\u2014a shadeless, nearly benchless park redesigned in 1994 to harden its architecture against unhoused people. \u2014 Tracy Rosenthal, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
"As the spat deepens, Israeli leaders are facing growing pressure to harden their stance against Moscow. \u2014 Hadas Gold, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"The results stave off worries that under Le Pen France could cut political and economic ties to the EU, or harden its positions on immigration. \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 24 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her husband, something of a hardhead , would certainly listen to this guy. \u2014 New York Times , 28 July 2021",
"Beijing\u2019s hardheads know the coronavirus has compounded the damage to China\u2019s economy from earlier domestic policy settings hostile to the private sector, and from the trade war with America. \u2014 The Economist , 15 Apr. 2020",
"And there might have been a hardhead or two landed as well. \u2014 Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle , 14 Apr. 2018",
"Cops are empiricist hardheads prone to mystical hunch. \u2014 James Ellroy, Vanities , 7 Oct. 2017",
"Mark your calendars, HARDheads , and check the teaser trailer below. \u2014 Kat Bein, Billboard , 9 June 2017"
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"He was always hardheaded about getting his way.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Haidt believes that conditions are too dire to take the hardheaded , no-reasonable-doubt view. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"Whether overconfidence or hardheaded realism are responsible for the tepid countercyclical response, the likely result is the same: an extended period of subpar Chinese growth, beginning with a steep downturn this quarter. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"Tom, his glib wanna-be anchorman (a temptation to Holly Hunter's hardheaded producer), is both a perfect piece of casting, and a key into something essential about his art. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Any hardheaded , pragmatic look at what must be done to protect the country and its inhabitants would put climate policy at the top of the agenda. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 11 June 2021",
"Yet amid the financial insecurity, this generation is responding with a blend of hardheaded pragmatism and nontraditional efforts to make economic opportunity more inclusive. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 July 2021",
"Both hardheaded and desperate, Menc\u00eda goes against the grain, sitting alongside her classmates in their protest of Don Benjam\u00edn and catching the eye of heroine Rebe, short for Rebeca (Claudia Salas). \u2014 Ruth Etiesit Samuel, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2021",
"My theory is that even the most hardheaded moneymen in racing began to worry. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 15 May 2021",
"But their assessment of the successes and failures of the last Democratic president has been more wishful than hardheaded , and the lessons the party has learned are correspondingly mistaken. \u2014 Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review , 29 Apr. 2021"
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"He was always hardheaded about getting his way.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Haidt believes that conditions are too dire to take the hardheaded , no-reasonable-doubt view. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"Whether overconfidence or hardheaded realism are responsible for the tepid countercyclical response, the likely result is the same: an extended period of subpar Chinese growth, beginning with a steep downturn this quarter. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"Tom, his glib wanna-be anchorman (a temptation to Holly Hunter's hardheaded producer), is both a perfect piece of casting, and a key into something essential about his art. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Any hardheaded , pragmatic look at what must be done to protect the country and its inhabitants would put climate policy at the top of the agenda. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 11 June 2021",
"Yet amid the financial insecurity, this generation is responding with a blend of hardheaded pragmatism and nontraditional efforts to make economic opportunity more inclusive. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 July 2021",
"Both hardheaded and desperate, Menc\u00eda goes against the grain, sitting alongside her classmates in their protest of Don Benjam\u00edn and catching the eye of heroine Rebe, short for Rebeca (Claudia Salas). \u2014 Ruth Etiesit Samuel, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2021",
"My theory is that even the most hardheaded moneymen in racing began to worry. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 15 May 2021",
"But their assessment of the successes and failures of the last Democratic president has been more wishful than hardheaded , and the lessons the party has learned are correspondingly mistaken. \u2014 Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review , 29 Apr. 2021"
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"the 80-year-old grandmother attributes her hardihood to having eaten a cup of yogurt every day for the past 50 years",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My father had been a leading Mountaineer and would still maintain the general superiority in skill and hardihood of the Above Boys (his own faction) over the Below Boys (so were they called), of which party his contemporary had been a chieftain. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"There is little question that Reagan, for all his physical hardihood and strength of will, was no longer up to the task of serving a third term beginning in 1989. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 18 Sep. 2020",
"And yet Andrew Johnson, with unblushing hardihood , undertook to rule them by his own power alone. \u2014 Jill Lepore, The New Yorker , 21 Oct. 2019"
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"Thomas 1840\u20131928 English novelist and poet":[]
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"Most of the soldiers were hardy young men.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The cold snap that accompanied the hailstorm seems to have damaged a whole range of otherwise hardy plants that were in a particularly sensitive stage of development. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Additional ingredients\u2014like thinly sliced leeks, red onion, scallions, chives, or shallots; chopped ginger and garlic; fresh rosemary, fresh thyme, or fresh sage; strips of hardy greens like kale or Swiss chard; finely chopped fennel\u2014are bonuses. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Frill Ride belongs to the popular bigleaf hydrangea group, which is hardy in Zones 5-9. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 Mar. 2022",
"But that logic simply didn\u2019t hold with Jeff\u2019s extended family, a hardy group of adventurers and epicureans. \u2014 Rachel Walker, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Keller also explains to WPTV that the virus is hardy , and can enter homes through shoes, food items and be carried around in the environment. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Ones that do tend to be hardy and produce lots of seeds that spread easily, sprout well and grow fast with whatever moisture nature provides. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Most plants that are hardy in Chicago, including trees and shrubs as well as perennials and grasses, will wait until the chance of freezing weather decreases before sprouting. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Creatures that can survive in the desert tend to be hardy souls, but the juggernaut of human destruction has pushed several species to the brink of extinction and obliterated others altogether. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 4 Jan. 2022"
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"\u2014 Nevil Shute",
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"\u2014 E. Barrington (Elizabeth Louisa Moresby Beck)"
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"Hardly anyone showed up for the meeting.",
"Hardly a day goes by when I don't think about you.",
"This is hardly a new idea for a movie.",
"\u201cIs this a new idea for a movie",
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"At the age of 30 and with 195 Cup Series races, an Xfinity Series championship and two rookie of the year awards behind him, Su\u00e1rez is hardly an overnight success. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"On a 100-degree day in Mobile County, New York Jets linebacker C.J. Mosley spent most of Thursday outside and could hardly have been happier about it. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"Title IX was hardly about sports to begin with when it was written in 1972 to make sure women had a fair shot at higher education. \u2014 Petula Dvorak, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"The assault on the Capitol is hardly the former President\u2019s first transgression. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"To the audience, that message is hardly a tough sell. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"Regulations are hardly a barrier to rolling out autonomous trucks. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Since there are only a few cosmetic ingredients approved for use around the sensitive eye area, there's hardly a true difference between a mascara formula that costs $8 and one that costs $80. \u2014 Jillian Ruffo, Harper's BAZAAR , 17 June 2022",
"But if Rice had been given a more graceful exit, industry vets would\u2019ve acknowledged that Chapek was hardly the first to knock off a potential successor in the great tradition of the town. \u2014 Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022"
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"Many of these also have features like a timer or hardness settings, like our pick from Breville. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"The case, meanwhile, is milled from a single piece of 904L stainless steel\u2014a painstaking process due to its hardness . \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 28 May 2022",
"There is a measure of hardness called Janka to rank hardwood. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 May 2022",
"The food processor is not suitable for grinding a blend of spices of varying hardness and size. \u2014 Mayukh Sen, The New Yorker , 30 Oct. 2021",
"For some runners, the variables of shoe geometries, midsole hardness , or excessive stabilizing technologies can push them outside of their preferred motion path. \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 3 Sep. 2020",
"Meanwhile, Biel does fine work in a slippery role, skating easily between superficial warmth and impenetrable hardness , effortless charisma and frenzied desperation. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 May 2022",
"Or maybe some of them are hard, but their hardness isn\u2019t of a kind that lends itself to secure encryption. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The properties of all those materials are carefully controlled to ensure uniformity in weight, size, hardness , elasticity, and so forth\u2014right down to the color of the rubber. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2022"
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": compacted snow":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The deep-lugged outsole, which is made from a rubber compound specially designed to grip on slippery surfaces, crushed it on the icy hardpack . \u2014 Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online , 11 Mar. 2021",
"On hardpack , that extra width isn\u2019t all that good for your knees. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 9 Jan. 2022",
"The hardpack trail with a couple of sandy spots weaves through trees and offers a scenic overlook of Yawkey Mine pit before plunging back down to the parking lot via berms and rollers. \u2014 Star Tribune , 30 July 2021",
"At its lowest point, her backpack and favored Justin Bieber hardpack were ruined after they were dowsed in water by bullies picking on her because of her size. \u2014 Ben Morse, CNN , 24 Nov. 2020",
"Frostbitten weeds poked from the hardpack , all granularity leeched from the countryside, the icy, angular topography distilled to surfaces shaded cobalt, steel and viridian set against a saffron sky. \u2014 Matt Peckham, WIRED , 3 Oct. 2014"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This hardpan is called caleche, and is equivalent to a 2-inch thick layer of concrete. \u2014 Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman , 31 Jan. 2018",
"But the wind was gusting to 30 mph, and the sun baked out greens that became like Texas hardpan . \u2014 Doug Ferguson, Orange County Register , 23 Mar. 2017",
"Root constriction caused by hardpan or compacted soil, sunburn, borer insects, soil nematodes, root rot, powdery mildew and spider mites might also be affecting the tree. \u2014 Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com , 25 May 2017"
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"He lived a hardscrabble life.",
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"Born William Claude Dukenfield in Philadelphia, Fields survived a hardscrabble childhood to become a world-famous juggler, a vaudeville headliner and a Broadway star. \u2014 cleveland , 10 June 2022",
"This was less the language of Kant than of fascist nationalist exaltation laced with Mr. Putin\u2019s hardscrabble , brawling St. Petersburg youth. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The improbable victory of the hardscrabble band that defended the town of Puebla against the French would be marked in history, but quietly. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"On a recent sunny but bone-chillingly windy morning, one of the colorful vaccination trucks pulled into a desolate parking lot in front of a mall in the hardscrabble neighborhood of Gr\u00f6pelingen. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Hope that greatness can emerge from a crowded and cluttered neighborhood two miles west of New York City, a place that fits the personality of its hardscrabble players. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"But it\u2019s not the only sign that change is afoot in this once rustic and hardscrabble region of the Lone Star State. \u2014 Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The 51-year-old with a nine-figure overall deal has demonstrated a knack for reviving yesteryear genres, luring Middle America viewers and making hardscrabble heroes feel fresh again. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Mar. 2022",
"According to Jewish folklore, this hardscrabble town 15 miles from the Ukraine border was created after God entrusted an angel with a sack full of unwise souls. \u2014 Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"He had suffered through considerable hardship .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Connecticut Sun have signed forward Stephanie Jones to a hardship contract, the team announced on Tuesday. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant , 31 May 2022",
"Dangerfield was picked up by the Fever on a hardship exception contract and was in the closing lineup, highlighted by a pull-up jumper and a pair of game-sealing free throws with 18.9 seconds left. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 11 May 2022",
"Clarendon signed with the Lynx on a hardship contract last season while Minnesota was 0-4, and then stuck on the roster. \u2014 Marisa Ingemi, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 May 2022",
"The Blazers signed forward/center Reggie Perry to a 10-day contract Wednesday via the NBA\u2019s hardship exception, the team announced. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Mar. 2022",
"When teams were allowed to sign players to 10-day hardship contracts because of COVID-19, several G-League veterans got calls. \u2014 Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Anderson, a 28-year old wing with six years of NBA experience, spent about a week with the Pacers earlier this season on a hardship contract. \u2014 Tony East, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Per a report, James Ennis will join the team on a hardship contract. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 Jan. 2022",
"With so many out, the Spurs have signed three players to 10-day hardship contracts. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Jan. 2022"
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Other resourceful military cookery saw troops toss hardtack into soups. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Getting your hands on packets of hardtack is just a click away. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Typically made from salt, flour and water, Hard Bread\u2014also known as hardtack , teeth dullers or jawbreakers\u2014was often soaked in water before being served. \u2014 Leo Deluca, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 May 2021",
"Biscuits went by unappetizing names such as hardtack , rusks and ship\u2019s biscuits, their durability their main asset. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2020",
"Avocado hardtack rations meager and chicory covfefe drunk cold to avoid microwave surveillance. \u2014 Don Sweeney, sacbee , 3 July 2018",
"Known as hardtack , such biscuits were prized for their long shelf lives, making them a vital source of sustenance for sailors far from shore. \u2014 The Economist , 3 Feb. 2018",
"People used to rely on food that could last, like pemmican and hardtack , Spam and Twinkies. \u2014 Ligaya Mishan, New York Times , 4 Oct. 2017",
"Tourists can taste hardtack , the dry bread soldiers ate during the war. \u2014 Jonathan Hunley, Washington Post , 28 May 2017"
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"She bought some new hardware for her system.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The agency received an investment from TMF of nearly $10 million, allowing GSA to take on all its modernization needs at once, from software to hardware . \u2014 Jeff Shupack, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"However, Shenmedounengce attributes the disappointing performance not to any inferior hardware , but to a lack of software and driver optimizations on Intel\u2019s part. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 22 June 2022",
"There are no known U.S. troops deployed to Ukraine, but the Pentagon continues to facilitate training for Ukrainian personnel outside the country for rocket artillery systems, howitzers, drones and other military hardware . \u2014 Alex Horton, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Such cosmic bombardment degrades a space observatory\u2019s performance over time, so, like other space hardware , Webb\u2019s mirrors were designed to withstand meteorite strikes over many years. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"Much of it will go to military hardware that will move immediately to the battlefield. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"This gap is not just represented by a lack of access to physical hardware but also by the technological literacy that keeps students from properly utilizing these tools to bolster their success. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
"Pelosi will soon return to Washington, where members of Congress from both parties have called for swift approval of Biden's request for more artillery, anti-tank weapons and other hardware for Ukraine. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 3 May 2022",
"Previous military cargo sent into Ukraine by rail through Dobra and the nearby town of Cierna nad Tisou contained mostly ammunition and basic military hardware . \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022"
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": rugged galvanized screening":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One fairly cheap way is to use 1/4-inch hardware cloth cut in strips wide enough to overlap the bottom of the fence so it can be tacked securely and extend down into a narrow trench six inches deep. \u2014 Rose Kennedy, ajc , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Exclusion might be as easy as plugging a hole with steel wool or blocking it with hardware cloth . \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Mar. 2022",
"We were told to be sure to provide lots of ventilation, so made a coop that has an entire wall of hardware cloth . \u2014 oregonlive , 31 Oct. 2021",
"They are best managed by setting up barriers such as covering the planting site with hardware cloth . \u2014 Jodi Bay, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Sep. 2021",
"Protect trees from bark-chewing animals by placing hardware cloth or other wire mesh around the trunk. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Aug. 2021",
"Patches of hardware cloth also cling to the bottom of the fence. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2021",
"Use this hardware cloth around garden beds and on top of bulbs, which will sprout right through it. \u2014 Jill Gleeson, Country Living , 18 May 2021",
"Using hardware cloth with \u00bc-inch mesh, fashion a cylinder about 18 inches in diameter and 24 inches tall. \u2014 Doug Hall, Good Housekeeping , 21 May 2020"
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"a cat with a hardwired compulsion to knock expensive knickknacks off of shelves",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Smart blinds are usually either battery operated, hardwired or solar-powered. \u2014 Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
"The most common reasons why smoke alarms fail to operate include missing or non-functional power sources, such as missing or disconnected batteries, dead batteries, disconnected hardwired alarms or other power issues. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Avoid hardwired plugs; replacement could be problematic. \u2014 Jim Allen, Popular Mechanics , 23 Nov. 2020",
"Installation of a hardwired smoke detector can be done yourself or by a professional. \u2014 Nicole Bradley, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 June 2020",
"This is enough to cover 5,000 square feet and all three nodes, or points, feature ethernet ports for a hardwired connection. \u2014 Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored , 2 Dec. 2019",
"Many times faster than current cell service, 5G could outstrip even the fastest home broadband currently available from hardwired providers. \u2014 Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle , 22 May 2018",
"And among the reasons those billions remain unconnected is the lack of access to cheap, reliable electricity and energy infrastructure to power devices and a similar lack of hardwired or wireless connection to the web. \u2014 David Guston, Slate Magazine , 17 Oct. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The beginner-friendly 1.5-mile path transitions from Michigan\u2019s signature hardwood forests to sweeping sand-dune-perch views. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Walking through woods like these, the kind of hemlock-northern hardwood forests that once thrived in the Appalachians from Maine to North Carolina, is an encounter with deep time. \u2014 Jonny Diamond, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 Jan. 2022",
"In their aftermath, a mosaic of meadows, shrublands and hardwood forests (birch, poplar and aspen) typically emerges, replacing the spruce. \u2014 Randi Jandt, Scientific American , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Ground zero for this wipeout was Caconde, a hamlet carved out of the lush hardwood forests of northwestern Sao Paulo state. \u2014 Peter Millard, Fortune , 28 Sep. 2021",
"The Smoky Mountains setting of the mystery series is practically a character in itself with its dark hardwood forests and snaking rivers. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Aug. 2021",
"Historically, bottomland hardwood forests used to flood naturally and seasonally. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 6 July 2021",
"Dayton, the father of former Gov. Mark Dayton, also donated to the University of Minnesota to establish the Center for Forest Ecology to research the ecological relationships within hardwood forests. \u2014 David Chanen, Star Tribune , 18 June 2021",
"The tanager thrives in mature hardwood forests, and those cannot simply pick up their roots and walk to cooler climates. \u2014 Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Your cuttings should be of semi- hardwood growth taken in early summer. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"At this time of year, semi- hardwood cuttings are the most successful. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Aug. 2021",
"Under high ceilings are hardwood floors, six bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms and 5,991 square feet of living space. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Nov. 2019"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite negative perceptions, workers age 60 and above have proven reliable, smart and hardworking . \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"The father is a hardworking man, good to his family. \u2014 Eve Sampson, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
"Everything in your kitchen should be both hardworking and beautiful, and Simplehuman trash cans check both those boxes and don't disappoint. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 26 May 2022",
"Apply a few drops of this hardworking night serum from Dr. Barbara Sturm before bed and pre-moisturizer to take your beauty rest to an entirely different level. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Apr. 2022",
"During a funeral service in 2018, shortly after the teens\u2019 bodies were found, family and friends described Riley Powell as hardworking and selfless \u2014 a fast drag racer who cooked some mean barbecue and the best steaks. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Sara Katz, whose Katz & Associates strategic communications firm has worked alongside Southwest Strategies over the years, said Wahl is hardworking and smart. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Mar. 2022",
"For a fresh take on styling your most hardworking denim, consider wearing a tweed jacket in lieu of a top\u2014then finish off with a long coat for warmth. \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 1 Mar. 2022",
"His family and friends described him in court documents as hardworking , respectful, inquisitive and kind. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, The Arizona Republic , 19 Jan. 2022"
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"1774, in the meaning defined above":""
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"soft",
"tender",
"weak"
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"The soldiers were strong and hardy ."
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"Most of the soldiers were hardy young men.",
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"Only the hardiest pilgrims made the journey.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The cold snap that accompanied the hailstorm seems to have damaged a whole range of otherwise hardy plants that were in a particularly sensitive stage of development. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Additional ingredients\u2014like thinly sliced leeks, red onion, scallions, chives, or shallots; chopped ginger and garlic; fresh rosemary, fresh thyme, or fresh sage; strips of hardy greens like kale or Swiss chard; finely chopped fennel\u2014are bonuses. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Frill Ride belongs to the popular bigleaf hydrangea group, which is hardy in Zones 5-9. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 Mar. 2022",
"But that logic simply didn\u2019t hold with Jeff\u2019s extended family, a hardy group of adventurers and epicureans. \u2014 Rachel Walker, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Keller also explains to WPTV that the virus is hardy , and can enter homes through shoes, food items and be carried around in the environment. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Ones that do tend to be hardy and produce lots of seeds that spread easily, sprout well and grow fast with whatever moisture nature provides. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Most plants that are hardy in Chicago, including trees and shrubs as well as perennials and grasses, will wait until the chance of freezing weather decreases before sprouting. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Creatures that can survive in the desert tend to be hardy souls, but the juggernaut of human destruction has pushed several species to the brink of extinction and obliterated others altogether. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 4 Jan. 2022"
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"\u02c8h\u00e4r-d\u0113"
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": any of various swift, gnawing, herbivorous, usually shy lagomorph mammals (family Leporidae and especially genus Lepus ) that have long ears, short tails, and powerful long hind legs, are usually solitary or sometimes live in pairs, have the young open-eyed and furred at birth, and live in aboveground nests \u2014 compare rabbit sense 1a":[],
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"He came haring round the corner at top speed.",
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"As hare populations increase, so do those of their predators: lynx and coyotes. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Cast Cincinnati Reds triple-digit wonder Hunter Greene as the speedy hare . \u2014 Steve Hensonassistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The scientists noted that during peak hare populations, lynx can have lots of kittens. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The next hare tripped and fell before the finish line. \u2014 Danyel Smith, Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The hare got the best of the tortoise in Super Bowl LVI. \u2014 Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Her symbols included the hare , along with the egg, both of which have represented new life since ancient times. \u2014 Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day , 26 Feb. 2021",
"Pagans celebrated the springtime renewal of life as well as the goddess of dawn and fertility, Eostre, who was often represented by the hare or an egg. \u2014 Erin Cavoto, Country Living , 16 Feb. 2021",
"So perhaps the main reason to see the show at the Jewish Museum is that 168 of de Waal\u2019s netsuke are in it, including the eponymous white hare with amber eyes. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Crafting an opinion that nine individuals can all agree on is also likely to result in a judicial consistency that won\u2019t shift with changing political tides, or hare off too far and fast in a particular direction. \u2014 Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 May 2022",
"Karius looked stricken as the game ticked through its final minutes, as Cristiano Ronaldo hared around, desperately searching for the goal that would allow him his moment in the spotlight. \u2014 Rory Smith, New York Times , 27 May 2018",
"Sadio Mane intercepted a stray pass on the edge of his area, before playing a through ball between two defenders to set Mohamed Salah haring down the line. \u2014 Matias Grez, CNN , 4 Apr. 2018"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"Middle English, from Old English hara ; akin to Old High German haso hare, Sanskrit \u015ba\u015ba , Old English hasu gray":"Noun",
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"\u02c8her"
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"earnest",
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"the movie follows the harebrained antics of a pair of stoners who seem incapable of growing up",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Climate policy is not some kind of utopian lefty scheme put forward by harebrained hippies; it's meant to deal with a screaming emergency that threatens all humanity, very much including Americans. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 11 June 2021",
"On the wholesome 1990s sitcom, Diamond embodied the ultimate yes-man sidekick who executed preppy Zack Morris\u2019 most harebrained ideas. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
"After talking to friends, chefs, historians, at least one architect, pasta manufacturers and his team, Pashman\u2019s pasta project eventually went from harebrained hobby to its current status as an actual product anyone in the U.S. can purchase and eat. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 May 2021",
"One possibility being floated by conservatives is a particularly harebrained scheme to undermine Social Security, in the guise of helping people get through the crisis. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, TheWeek , 11 May 2020",
"Despite its weighty emotional toll, the new album wouldn\u2019t be a true Thundercat project without Bruner\u2019s kaleidoscopic musical style and propensity for pairing morbidly serious topics with harebrained humor. \u2014 Alex Suskind, EW.com , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Financing ostensibly harebrained schemes is an Affeldt specialty. \u2014 Susan Spano, Los Angeles Times , 31 Aug. 2019",
"Because more often than not, a harebrained idea can turn into the perfect message that will resonate with other people trying to find the right words to say. \u2014 Sarah Cook, al.com , 15 July 2019",
"But the fans there\u2014as well as the fans in Montreal, so cruelly stripped of their Expos\u2014shouldn\u2019t have to settle for half a team through some harebrained cross-country scheme that features one foot constantly out the door. \u2014 Jon Tayler, SI.com , 20 June 2019"
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"\u02c8her-\u02c8br\u0101nd"
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"birdbrained",
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"frothy",
"futile",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"light-headed",
"light-minded",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"silly",
"yeasty"
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"adjective"
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"ignore",
"tune out"
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"\u2014 G. G. Black"
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"upon hearing the offending ringing, the teacher sarcastically cried, \u201c Hark ! Could that possibly be a cell phone"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English herkien ; akin to Old High German h\u014drechen to listen, Old English h\u012beran to hear":""
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"\u02c8h\u00e4rk"
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"ignore",
"tune out"
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"\u2014 Theodore Dreiser"
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"\u2014 Mindy Weisberger"
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"the humble folk who hearkened to these evangelists",
"\u2014 G. M. Stephenson"
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"examples":[
"hearken ! I hear the distant beat of the hooves of many horses",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pragmatic materials choices \u2014 such as panels that are generally employed by the refrigerated transport industry \u2014 hearken to the Eames\u2019 use of prefab Cemesto wall panels in their own home. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Base packages will hearken , some, to the tenure of 2014-19 coordinator Rod Marinelli. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 24 Aug. 2021",
"Vivian\u2019s play things include toy medical kits and other toys that hearken to her mother\u2019 memory. \u2014 Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com , 18 June 2021",
"Instead, rooms and suites now feature palettes with tans, taupes, sea-glass greens, and pelagic blues that hearken to the nearby beach. \u2014 Eric Rosen, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Their meals mingled the specialties of Osorio\u2019s native Peru with desserts and baking that often hearken to Bell\u2019s Kentucky upbringing. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 8 Dec. 2020",
"MacAdams donned a white suit and painted himself green to hearken the ghost of William Mulholland, chief engineer of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2020",
"Readers responded to stories that hearkened to the best mystery writing of the past but whose style spoke to the present. \u2014 Sarah Weinman, Los Angeles Times , 1 Feb. 2020",
"Shows like Gunsmoke pulled the little bit of cowboy that was in all of us to the surface, and the world was ripe for a .22 LR single-action revolver that hearkened to the Old West. \u2014 Richard Mann, Field & Stream , 6 June 2019"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
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"Middle English herknen , from Old English heorcnian ; akin to Old High German h\u014drechen to listen, Old English h\u012beran to hear":""
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"\u02c8h\u00e4r-k\u0259n"
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"to bring back to mind let's harken back to what we learned last week"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-061504",
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": buffoon":[]
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"examples":[
"among the court entertainers waiting to enter the grand hall were masked harlequins in brightly colored pantaloons",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Martha\u2019 Vineyard: Notables were two harlequin ducks lingering at Gay Head and 29 black skimmers at Eel Pond in Edgartown. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"The 28-year-old\u2019s debut ready-to-wear collection was seen on Gossip Girl\u2019s Jordan Alexander, reinterpreting subversive wedding trousers, and Anne Boleyn\u2019s Jodie Turner-Smith in harlequin -patterned corsetry. \u2014 Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Then there was Jon Batiste, who made his entrance in a silver, gold and black harlequin sequin suit in honor of New Orleans, his hometown. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Male Santa Marta harlequin toads will piggyback on their mate for months before egg meets sperm. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The checkerboard patterning on the UGG x TS Diamond designs are lifted from a 2019 painting entitled Ol\u2019 Bay, which features a traditional harlequin pattern with a red horizontal seam. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 1 Mar. 2022",
"From Dior to Undercover and Rick Owens and Nanushka, high-fashion brands showed elements of the clown aesthetic for Fall 2021, whether in the form of harlequin prints or motifs that recalled bright red noses. \u2014 Kristen Bateman, refinery29.com , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Alaska carries a few blue-wing teal and and some harlequin . \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 18 July 2021",
"North of Boston, birders located a royal tern in Newburyport Harbor, a stilt sandpiper, a black skimmer, and a king rail at Plum Island, another royal tern in Rockport, and a very late harlequin duck at Straitsmouth in Rockport. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2021"
],
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"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"ultimately from Italian arlecchino , from Middle French Helquin , a demon":""
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"\u02c8h\u00e4r-li-k(w)\u0259n"
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"buffo",
"buffoon",
"clown",
"zany"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a very large tropical American longicorn beetle ( Acrocinus longimanus ) having very long legs and antennae and intricately patterned red, black, and gray wing covers":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185358",
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a black stinkbug ( Murgantia histrionica ) brilliantly marked with red, orange, and yellow that is destructive to cabbage and related plants in tropical America and the warmer parts of the U.S.":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204413",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"harlequinade":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a play or pantomime in which Harlequin has a leading role":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Grimaldi is credited with expanding the role of the clown in British theater's harlequinade . \u2014 Mike Sager, Esquire , 4 June 2015"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1781, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cch\u00e4r-li-k(w)\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011608",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"harlot":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person who has sex with someone in exchange for money : prostitute":[
"\u2026 the jewel-eyed harlots of his imagination \u2026",
"\u2014 James Joyce",
"\u2026 the early-eighteenth-century world, where wigs don't stay on straight, clubmen fall over themselves in drunken stupors, and harlots make their way \u2026",
"\u2014 Sanford Schwartz",
"\u2026 whose murdered body was covered with roses by a harlot who had loved him \u2026",
"\u2014 Oscar Wilde"
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},
"examples":[
"the touristy port town little resembled the haven for thieves, cutthroats, and harlots it had once been",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His daughter-in-law Tamar, who had been widowed from two of Yehuda\u2019s sons and was blocked by Yehuda from marrying the third, dresses as a harlot and has relations with Yehuda. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 21 Dec. 2020",
"What also fascinated me is in many ways, the harlots had more agency than aristocratic women. \u2014 Morena Duwe, Billboard , 26 Aug. 2019",
"The three harlots are played tiresomely, without weight or seriousness. \u2014 Alastair Macaulay, New York Times , 15 June 2018",
"When Clinton\u2019s affair with Monica Lewinsky surfaced in 1998, conservatives attacked him as the symbol of a lost and immoral society, while liberals minimized his offenses and portrayed the young intern as a harlot . \u2014 Laila Lalami, New York Times , 26 June 2018",
"Gamblers, occultists, harlots , castrato singers, and masked revelers populated the galleries alongside beautifully crafted wall sconces, ball gowns, and porcelain tureens. \u2014 Kimberly Chrisman-campbell, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2018",
"Carla Stewart captures the complexities of Shug Avery, the harlot with the heart of gold, in a robust performance, finding her own mix of tragedy and triumph, which motivates Celie to move toward her own freedom. \u2014 Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com , 21 Feb. 2018",
"She was branded as a harlot ; Viacom and its subsidiaries stopped playing her songs and videos. \u2014 Jack Dickey, SI.com , 2 Feb. 2018",
"If King were alive today, his magnificent oratory would call us to organize, to take back our country, to throw out of Congress and state legislatures the gigolos and harlots of the rich, and to tell corporate America that wealthfare is ended. \u2014 The Rev. Tex Sample, kansascity , 15 Jan. 2018"
"a city that in biblical times was infamous for licentiousness and harlotry",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Within the slippery world of harlotry \u2014where class can be transcended and humanity bought\u2014relationships form that defy our historical assumptions about the bounded categories of human experience. \u2014 Sarah Marshall, New Republic , 2 June 2017",
"That's how my job eventually descended into harlotry : through the endless cat-and-mouse game of porntrepreneurs subverting Google's anti-smut policies. \u2014 Lucas Peterson, GQ , 22 May 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4r-l\u0259-tr\u0113"
],
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"synonyms":[
"prostitution",
"vice",
"whoredom"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193504",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of harls present tense third person singular of harl plural of harl"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-093052",
"type":[]
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"harm":{
"antonyms":[
"damage",
"hurt",
"injure",
"wound"
],
"definitions":{
": mischief , hurt":[
"I meant you no harm ."
],
": physical or mental damage : injury":[
"the amount of harm sustained by the boat during the storm"
],
": to damage or injure physically or mentally : to cause harm (see harm entry 1 ) to":[
"No animals were harmed in the making of the film.",
"the national interest \u2026 was gravely harmed by this attack",
"\u2014 Elmer Davis"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"They threatened him with bodily harm .",
"The scandal has done irreparable harm to his reputation.",
"She'll do anything to protect her children from harm .",
"They have suffered serious physical harm .",
"These new regulations could cause lasting harm to small businesses.",
"Verb",
"He would never intentionally harm his children.",
"chemicals that could harm the environment",
"The scandal has seriously harmed his reputation.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And the most important reason for self- harm is given as a coping reaction to feelings of inadequacy, anger, distress and other painful emotions. \u2014 Vineer Bhansali, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"The children, youth and families division of the county health department is launching several short-term initiatives, including embedding behavioral health clinicians in existing summer programs to offer suicide and self- harm prevention services. \u2014 Nicole Asbury, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Follow school policies and state law by appropriately reporting communication received from a student of a serious nature, such as abuse, suicide, threats of self- harm , and threats to other students or the school. \u2014 Renata Cl\u00f3, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"Content warning: This article discusses suicide and self- harm in a way that could be distressing to some readers. \u2014 Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com , 22 June 2022",
"California already has a law that allows a court to temporarily remove guns and ammunition from a person who is deemed at significant risk of self- harm or harming others. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"According to the Justice Department, a Cheltenham resident with a history of self- harm was hospitalized after slashing his wrists while in the facility\u2019s care. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
"Unlike print fiction, where pretty much anything goes, movies that feature acts of self- harm must be very careful, since audiences have been known to emulate those same acts. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"The lawsuit also cites Meta as featuring inflammatory images of self- harm that Alexis eventually picked up herself. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Any present liver conditions can harm your ability to handle alcohol and process it. \u2014 Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"These health problems disproportionately harm Black and lower-income women. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
"Bad liability policy will harm patients, consumers and AI developers. \u2014 George Maliha, Scientific American , 29 June 2022",
"China\u2019s claim to the contrary can harm world trade, freedom of navigation, and the rule of law. \u2014 Jill Goldenziel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"In general, such disturbances in the ionosphere do not harm humans but can affect GPS signals and disrupt aircraft navigation. \u2014 Kasha Patel, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"The suspension of privacy can harm poor women in particular. \u2014 Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"That requirement would boost the case for Dallas\u2014or, at least, not harm it. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"An algal bloom can also harm birds, pets and humans in serious cases. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 14 June 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"got everyone out of harm's way just minutes before the house was ripped apart by the tornado",
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"After Columbine, police began acting on behalf of those who are in harm's way rather than protecting themselves, Eells said. \u2014 Emma Tucker, CNN , 28 May 2022",
"These predictions will ultimately put firefighters in a better position to fight real flames by giving them data from simulated experiences without being put in harm's way . \u2014 Daniel Fallmann, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Cable management clips also keep this grill's wires out of harm's way . \u2014 Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 May 2022",
"Americans who take extreme measures to get orphans out of harm's way and into the United States say many of these kids lack parental advocates and are eager to join a family in a stable setting, even if just temporarily. \u2014 Rob Kuznia, Blake Ellis And Daniel A. Medina, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Still, despite the effort to keep the exhaust out of harm's way , the ZR2's departure angle of 23.3 degrees comes up short versus its immediate competitors. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The Biden administration has been under mounting pressure from Democrats and immigrant advocates to end the public health authority, which critics say was never justified by science and puts migrants in harm's way . \u2014 Priscilla Alvarez, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Their lawsuit claims that the school put them in harm's way , and caused them \u2014 among other things \u2014 severe emotional stress and trauma. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, USA TODAY , 7 Feb. 2022",
"As Connor concentrated on steering the bus out of harm's way , Seamus called emergency services and did his best to comfort the other students. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"DDT has been proven to be extremely harmful to the environment.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With all that in mind, the breast is best message is harmful to new mothers and mothering folks for a number of reasons. \u2014 Allison Tsai, SELF , 23 June 2022",
"The recall movement, which now seems to have a chance to collect enough signatures to force Gasc\u00f3n into a recall election, has largely been animated by the idea that the district attorney\u2019s policies are harmful to crime victims. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"True people of Indiana and Kentucky, told the school board during public comment that the mascot portrayal is harmful to all students. \u2014 Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
"The American Psychological Association says conversation therapy is not based on science and is harmful to a participant\u2019s mental health. \u2014 Will Weissert, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"The American Psychological Association says conversion therapy is not based on science and is harmful to a participant\u2019s mental health. \u2014 Will Weissert, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"The first demand is harmful to national security and a political hot potato. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 11 June 2022",
"Many traditional drugstore brands are changing their formulas and crafting non-toxic, natural deodorants that aren\u2019t harmful to your health. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Some of the most prominent strategies include finding better uses for agricultural subsidies, 86 percent of which go to activities that are harmful to the environment\u2014particularly biodiversity. \u2014 K.e.d. Coan, Ars Technica , 7 June 2022"
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"To the friendly audience at the Bush Center, the Iraq-Ukraine mix-up landed as a Bushism par excellence, a harmless and endearing slip-up. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Many of those additives are natural and harmless , such as the cream of tartar used in Avaline and many, many other wines. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"While Spotify Wrapped feels festive, personal data wrap-ups may not seem so fun and harmless from every tech company. \u2014 Rachel Metz, CNN , 2 Dec. 2021",
"The smoke used is nontoxic, creates no fire hazard, leaves no residue, dissipates quickly and is harmless . \u2014 Naperville Sun Staff, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"This useful form of procrastination is called selective or proactive procrastination and is usually harmless . \u2014 Svetlana Whitener, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Most interactions are harmless and typically turkeys become aggressive during breeding season between March and May, though the attacks can occur at any time. \u2014 James V. Grimaldi, WSJ , 1 May 2022",
"Many of these new animal interactions will be harmless . \u2014 Melody Schreiber, The New Republic , 30 Apr. 2022",
"While most strains of the E. coli bacteria are harmless , the toxic strain about which the agriculture department warns, STEC O103, can cause a two- to eight-day illness on average. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But Byrd\u2019s lighting, exerting a strong but delicate harmonic influence, like that of the double-bass in an orchestra, made the pieces cohere for me, forming a suite on the themes of the terror of love and the agonies of belief. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Despite the music\u2019s harmonic richness, Weilerstein eschewed the temptation of ponderous tempos and the Phoenix playing was polished and articulate throughout. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
"The pianist showed great maturity in her ability to control dramatic that revealed every harmonic nuance. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Students must constantly be watching and listening, ready to respond to the smallest rhythmic cue or harmonic variation from a fellow performer. \u2014 Jeff Banowetz, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The eight or so minutes that follow \u2014 their harmonic surprises and melodic mementos, their climbing strings and slumping horns \u2014 had a time-capsule magic to their unfolding. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Shorter\u2019s melodic motives convey grandeur, his harmonic language enriches all its touches. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Seen together, their work is a testament to the harmonic yet harrowing experience of two vivid inner worlds meeting. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The mellow, mournful line of his soprano sax soared over a gently throbbing orchestra, changing colors with every harmonic shift and bewitching listeners like the flute of a snake charmer. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But on the high-performance 289 the fourth harmonic comes within its 7000-rpm range, so the vibration damper developed for the Indianapolis engine, with enlarged rubber contact areas and tuned for higher crankshaft speeds, was adapted. \u2014 Car and Driver , 17 Apr. 2020",
"In true Gordon style, the music tends violently percussive and extreme, relentless in its industrial repetitions, but with stark exceptions: a section of glassy harmonics , another of keening, drooping melancholy gestures. \u2014 Zachary Woolfe, New York Times , 14 Feb. 2020",
"Trojahn\u2019s orchestral writing is similarly fluent: the pacing is confident, the coloristic contrasts intelligent, and there are some beguiling textures; a diaphanous web of harp and stratospheric string harmonics early in the opera was breathtaking. \u2014 Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books , 7 Dec. 2019",
"The adaptive dampers prevent unwanted harmonics even when dealing with gnarly surfaces at inappropriate speeds. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 10 Feb. 2020",
"The business end has lots of interchangeable options, too, including a fiber optic bead, a tunnel sight, and a muzzle brake that is said to improve accuracy by altering barrel harmonics . \u2014 Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream , 28 Feb. 2020",
"Note the high harmonics and current out of sync: 3DFS Here\u2019s the interface with SDE turned on. \u2014 David Roberts, Vox , 5 June 2018",
"Wade is a singer, song-crafter and guitarist whose sultry voice and back-up acoustic band bring a fresh interpretation to Americana, Bluegrass and Blues through brilliant vocal arrangements and harmonics . \u2014 courant.com , 15 Nov. 2019",
"This meditative piece worked best when the mood was quiet and undulating, especially in the passage in high harmonics near the end, so otherworldly in sound, almost like a theremin. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Jan. 2020"
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"\u2014 H. D. Hazeltine"
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"The living room was decorated in harmonious colors.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Truly the harmonious moment of the evening, Ward\u2019s exquisite tone lent itself perfectly to Groban\u2019s sound as the two complemented each other note for note, their voices blending perfectly to the last note of the ballad. \u2014 Hayden Grove, cleveland , 30 June 2022",
"To fully enjoy the harmonious flavors, the young men are instructed to carefully chew each mouthful for exactly one minute. \u2014 Amanda Arnold, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
"According to a 2018 survey by RainmakerThinking, Gen Z\u2019s most prized job quality is having supportive leaders at the top, followed by harmonious work relationships. \u2014 Shruti Rajkumar, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"It is widely held that living with a visual connection to water can have a calming, harmonious effect. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"In many ways, the relationship between these kinfolk communities is mutually beneficial and harmonious . \u2014 Soudi Jim\u00e9nez, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"Certainly, there\u2019s plenty of data to support a place for Choreful with its focus on helping keep couples harmonious . \u2014 Michaella Huck, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"But if Lee's ascension to being an increasingly world-renown actor typifies the pop-culture power of today's Korea, his film is set in an earlier, less harmonious chapter in Korean history. \u2014 Jake Coyle, ajc , 20 May 2022",
"Much like the harmonious team-up of brands, the shapes of each minimalist piece masterfully fit into one another like a puzzle. \u2014 Concetta Ciarlo, Vogue , 18 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vendors that offer ways for service providers to harmonize the smart home devices through a common smart home platform for all applications and a single mobile app can help deliver a simpler and seamless customer experience. \u2014 Natasha Tamaskar, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Ireland has been participating in European Union battlegroups \u2014 part of the bloc\u2019s efforts to harmonize its militaries. \u2014 Jamey Keaten, ajc , 15 May 2022",
"Many of the commitments outlined in the agreement reflect existing US policy initiatives, and the administration officials described the declaration as a way to organize and harmonize those efforts internationally. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Saturday's agreement reflects hours of negotiations this week among the European Commission, EU member states and the European Parliament to harmonize different versions of the legislation. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Kim describes Gentle Olive as positive and reassuring\u2014a color that provides an authentic richness to harmonize the inside of the home with the outside. \u2014 Regina Cole, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"At the same time, the Roundtable is calling on U.S. regulators to engage internationally to try, as much as possible, to harmonize the U.S. approach to governing the technology with what is happening elsewhere. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The majority opinion in the case on health care workers seemed to try to harmonize the two rulings. \u2014 Adam Liptak, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
"In 2020, in the digital economy era and accelerated digital transformation, there was a need to harmonize federal data governance legislation. \u2014 Mark Minevich, Forbes , 3 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vendors that offer ways for service providers to harmonize the smart home devices through a common smart home platform for all applications and a single mobile app can help deliver a simpler and seamless customer experience. \u2014 Natasha Tamaskar, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Ireland has been participating in European Union battlegroups \u2014 part of the bloc\u2019s efforts to harmonize its militaries. \u2014 Jamey Keaten, ajc , 15 May 2022",
"Many of the commitments outlined in the agreement reflect existing US policy initiatives, and the administration officials described the declaration as a way to organize and harmonize those efforts internationally. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Saturday's agreement reflects hours of negotiations this week among the European Commission, EU member states and the European Parliament to harmonize different versions of the legislation. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Kim describes Gentle Olive as positive and reassuring\u2014a color that provides an authentic richness to harmonize the inside of the home with the outside. \u2014 Regina Cole, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"At the same time, the Roundtable is calling on U.S. regulators to engage internationally to try, as much as possible, to harmonize the U.S. approach to governing the technology with what is happening elsewhere. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The majority opinion in the case on health care workers seemed to try to harmonize the two rulings. \u2014 Adam Liptak, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
"In 2020, in the digital economy era and accelerated digital transformation, there was a need to harmonize federal data governance legislation. \u2014 Mark Minevich, Forbes , 3 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their voices cut through the air in a striking three-part harmony . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"In Morocco Bruno Barbey always felt a sense of freedom and harmony with his environment since being born there and spending his first twelve years between Sal\u00e9, Rabat, Marrakesh and Tangiers. \u2014 Vogue , 19 June 2022",
"This duet with Stevie Wonder \u2013 a first for McCartney with another major artist \u2013 is much maligned because of its simplified ode to racial harmony . \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"The fight for racial equality and social harmony is ongoing, but in the eyes of actor Idris Elba and wife Sabrina Elba, there is always hope. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 17 June 2022",
"McLean\u2019s bag of tricks is more diversified than filling a role in five-part harmony singing and choreographed pelvic thrusts. \u2014 The Enquirer , 15 June 2022",
"The harmony between Horiuchi and the bassist Akari also added a nice touch. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 14 June 2022",
"With similar tones and textures working in tandem, aesthetic harmony is achieved. \u2014 Elizabeth Sweet, Better Homes & Gardens , 14 June 2022",
"Multicolor nets generated intriguing colors, while T-shirts were layered on swimsuits effortlessly, highlighting the sinuosity and harmony of the female figure. \u2014 Corein Carter, Forbes , 13 June 2022"
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"Noun",
"The pilot strapped himself into his harness before takeoff.",
"Verb",
"The horses were harnessed to the wagon.",
"Engineers are finding new ways to harness the sun's energy to heat homes.",
"The company is harnessing technology to provide better service to its customers.",
"They harnessed the power of the waterfall to create electricity.",
"harness anger to fight injustice",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The small and lightweight Physic takes up less space on your harness than a traditional belay biner. \u2014 Owen Clarke, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Back inside, his harness removed, Mac is just another dog, part of a pack that includes Declan, Finnegan and a golden retriever named Asia. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"Fazzini\u2019s dog began to bark and Jameson allegedly wiggled out of his harness and approached Fazzini and his dog, according to the release. \u2014 Megan Jones, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Suddenly, Freddie flipped out of his harness and dashed away. \u2014 Kate Collins, USA TODAY , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Her son, seven-year-old Camden Prophet, was getting into his harness to try out the Sky Rider, a dynamic, zip line-type ride that zips the rider through the air 15 feet above the ground. \u2014 Joshua Gunter, cleveland , 2 Apr. 2022",
"But, owing to its advanced hybrid harness , the mid-mounted 3.0-liter V6 consumes less and pollutes a lot less. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Posey the Shih Tzu would shake free from her harness , prance onto the softball diamond in the Fillmore District and chase after her favorite thing \u2014 a ball. \u2014 Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Nov. 2021",
"So why not think of the butterfly top as a type of harness ",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"NFTs are becoming a unique way to harness the potential of this growing blockchain technology as artists strive for success in their careers. \u2014 Tony M Fountain, Rolling Stone , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Associate head coach Jon Scheyer, Krzyzewski's replacement upon retirement, said the goal of the season has been to harness the emotions and turn them into wins. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 6 Mar. 2022",
"His vision for combining artists and the audience first premiered during the pandemic in 2020 as a way to harness human connection and pay homage to his heroes in the music industry. \u2014 Falen Hardge, PEOPLE.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Krude's plan is to harness this excess energy to convert conventional H2O into valuable hydrogen gas\u2014entirely emissions-free. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 19 Jan. 2022",
"If only there was a way to harness the approachability of sports and use it to make those subjects approachable as well. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 17 Dec. 2021",
"But if some owners are willing to spend beyond those perameters, there\u2019s a way to harness that desire while protecting lesser spending clubs and keeping the league\u2019s culture of fiscal restraint somewhat in tact. \u2014 Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"One way to harness the power of zest is by blooming it in a fat. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 June 2021",
"Meditating on happiness is just one way to harness the strength of your creative mind. \u2014 Outside Online , 23 Apr. 2020"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
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"Middle English harneys, herneys \"equipment of a man-at-arms, body armor, fittings for a draft animal, apparel, baggage,\" borrowed from Anglo-French herneis, harneis (also continental Old French), probably borrowed from Old Norse *hernest \"provisions for an armed force,\" from herr \"host, army\" + nest \"provisions,\" going back to Germanic *nesta- (whence also Old English nest \"food, provisions,\" Old High German -nest, in weganest \"provisions for a journey\"), derivative, with the noun and adjective suffix -to-, from the base of *nesan- \"to save, be saved, return safely\" \u2014 more at harry , nostalgia":"Noun",
"Middle English harneysen, harneyschen, hernessen \"to equip with arms or armor, place accoutrements on a horse or ox, dress,\" borrowed from Anglo-French harneiser, herneiser, hernescher \"to make ready, equip\" (continental Old French harneschier, herneschier ), derivative of harneis \"equipment of a man-at-arms, baggage\" \u2014 more at harness entry 1":"Verb"
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"\u02c8h\u00e4r-n\u0259s"
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"employ",
"exercise",
"exploit",
"operate",
"use",
"utilize"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": to talk about (a subject) constantly or repeatedly in an annoying way":[
"She's always harping on the importance of a good diet.",
"He seems to enjoy harping on my shortcomings."
]
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"phrasal verb"
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": leatherback":[]
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"noun"
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": a barbed spear or javelin used especially in hunting large fish or whales":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Austin said that Denmark, in particular, announced that \u200b\u200bit will send a harpoon launcher and missiles to help Ukraine defend its coast while the Czech Republic recently donated attack helicopters, tanks and rocket systems. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 24 May 2022",
"Nearly 50 defense leaders from around the world met Monday and agreed to send more advanced weapons to Ukraine, including a harpoon launcher and missiles to protect its coast, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters. \u2014 Lolita C. Baldor, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
"Nearly 50 defense leaders from around the world met Monday and agreed to send more advanced weapons to Ukraine, including a harpoon launcher and missiles to protect its coast, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters. \u2014 Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"Nearly 50 defense leaders from around the world met Monday and agreed to send more advanced weapons to Ukraine, including a harpoon launcher and missiles to protect its coast, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters. \u2014 Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News , 23 May 2022",
"Goldsberry first built a harpoon gun, firing it by accident through his garage door and denting his car. \u2014 Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online , 30 July 2010",
"Proof of their resilience came in 2007, when a bowhead caught off this same stretch of Alaskan coast was found to have a fragment of a Victorian harpoon embedded in its neck. \u2014 Travel , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The effects are particularly nifty, and the underwater photography, including the climactic parachute-submersible- harpoon m\u00eal\u00e9e, is tremendous. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Skomal leaned from the 11-foot-long pulpit with the harpoon , which ended in a titanium dart attached to two tags. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Oct. 2021"
],
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"1625, in the meaning defined above":""
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"probably from Dutch harpoen , from Middle Dutch, from Old French harpon brooch, from harper to grapple":""
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"h\u00e4r-\u02c8p\u00fcn"
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": a fast-growing tree ( Harpullia cupanioides ) of India and the East Indies that yields a wood used especially for building":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"native name in Bengal":""
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": a genus of tropical Asiatic and African trees (family Sapindaceae) having pinnate leaves, panicles of greenish flowers and red or orange fruit":[],
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"New Latin, from native name in Bengal":""
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"h\u00e4r\u02c8p\u0259l\u0113\u0259"
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"noun"
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": a tuning of a viol (as in fifths and fourths: A-E-A-E-A-D) to facilitate arpeggio playing":[]
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"definitions":{
": a foul malign creature in Greek mythology that is part woman and part bird":[],
": a predatory person : leech":[],
": a shrewish woman":[]
},
"examples":[
"in fairy tales stepmothers are often portrayed as harpies who make the lives of their stepchildren miserable",
"having just started to make it really big in the music business, he found himself surrounded by a flock of harpies greedy for a piece of the action",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those kinds of sentiments have multiplied on social media, which has exploded with memes in recent days calling the four everything from terrorists to harpies to cancer. \u2014 Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times , 27 July 2019",
"Others portrayed her as a harpy , a notoriously disagreeable mythical beast that was half bird-of-prey, half woman. \u2014 The Economist , 9 Nov. 2019",
"The clergy and royal courts in days of yore used images of griffins, hellmouths, harpies , dragons and sea swine to instill fear, to divide anxious populations, to assert dominance and control, and to ostracize non-Europeans. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland.com , 1 Sep. 2019",
"Elizabeth Moss, as Claire, has based her career playing sad-sacks and harpies , in Mad Men, The Square, The Handmaid\u2019s Tale, and Her Smell; so Moss is a comic actress by default. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 9 Aug. 2019",
"There are fairies and nymphs, unicorns, harpies , giants, ogres, trolls, Gollums and dragons. \u2014 Patti Restivo, baltimoresun.com , 14 June 2019",
"But maybe these women aren\u2019t evil vixens or cold-hearted harpies . \u2014 Andrea Bartz, Marie Claire , 25 Feb. 2019",
"Teri Terrific, as she was known among friends, was much maligned in the film industry as a harpy who exploited Ms. Shields and turned her into an unprotesting meal ticket. \u2014 Ruth La Ferla, New York Times , 14 Mar. 2018",
"The Victorian fascination with madness gave us an indelible squad of deranged harpies (Miss Havisham, Bertha Rochester, Lady Audley, to name a few). \u2014 Marisha Pessl, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017"
],
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"1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Latin Harpyia , from Greek":""
},
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"\u02c8h\u00e4r-p\u0113"
],
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"battle-ax",
"battle-axe",
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"shrew",
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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": an East Indian insectivorous bat ( Harpiocephalus harpia )":[],
": any of various East Indian fruit bats having prominent tubular nostrils and constituting the genus Nyctimene":[]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"definitions":{
": a large powerful crested eagle ( Harpia harpyja ) of Central and South America that is black above and chiefly white below":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For some, the experience included encountering the majestic harpy eagle , one of the world\u2019s most powerful avian predators and threatened species that has been known to nest near the camp. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2021",
"The harpy eagle is at risk of disappearing in a similar fashion as 10 mammal, 20 bird and eight amphibian species during three decades of deforestation, according to the foundation. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 3 July 2021",
"At 2400 meters above sea level, the hotel vantage point allows for a great view of the harpy eagle , the national bird of Panama, as well as the resplendent quetzal, which is most likely to be seen in Boquete. \u2014 Michael Alpiner, Forbes , 16 May 2021",
"The harpy eagle is one of the largest eagles\u2014with a wingspan of 6.5 feet, rear talons up to 4 inches long, and a weight of 9-20 pounds. \u2014 National Geographic , 6 Nov. 2020",
"As well as defending the rainforest, indigenous communities use drones to locate Brazil nut trees, which provide a vital source of food and income, and to monitor important species, such as the harpy eagle -- a bird sacred to the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau. \u2014 Hazel Pfeifer, CNN , 1 Sep. 2020",
"Hone your wildlife observation skills by identifying some of Yasun\u00ed\u2019s nearly 600 bird species, including colorful toucans and the massive harpy eagle . \u2014 National Geographic , 10 Sep. 2019",
"Hone your wildlife observation skills by identifying some of Yasun\u00ed\u2019s nearly 600 bird species, including colorful toucans and the massive harpy eagle . \u2014 National Geographic , 10 Sep. 2019",
"Hone your wildlife observation skills by identifying some of Yasun\u00ed\u2019s nearly 600 bird species, including colorful toucans and the massive harpy eagle . \u2014 National Geographic , 10 Sep. 2019"
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"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104317",
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"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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": a matchlock gun invented in the 15th century which was portable but heavy and was usually fired from a support":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1532, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Middle French harquebuse, arquebuse , modification of Middle Dutch hakebusse , from hake hook + busse tube, box, gun, from Late Latin buxis box":""
},
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"-k\u0259-b\u0259s",
"\u02c8h\u00e4r-kwi-(\u02cc)b\u0259s"
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]
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": a shot from a harquebus":[],
": a volley from harquebuses":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French, from harquebuse + -ade":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165052",
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a gate or door hinge":[],
": an upright to which hinges are fastened and from which a door or gate swings":[]
},
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"Middle English herre, harre , from Old English heorra ; akin to Old Norse hjarri hinge and perhaps to Latin cardin-, cardo hinge":""
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"\u02c8(h)\u00e4r"
],
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": a herd of stud horses":[]
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"Middle English haras herd of stud horses, enclosure for a herd of stud horses, from Old French haras, haraz":""
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"Definition of harricane dialectal variant of hurricane"
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"\u02c8har\u0259\u02cck\u0101n"
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},
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": shrew sense 2":[]
},
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"if you were married to that harridan , you, too, would take to drink",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Allen\u2019s account paints Mia Farrow as an abusive, baby-crazed harridan who beat and brainwashed her many children. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 25 Mar. 2020",
"Still, for a generation brought up to smile in the face of almost any affront or risk being tarred as a harridan , older women\u2019s indignation seems ripe for reassessment. \u2014 New York Times , 30 July 2019",
"Surely Socrates, married to that many-years-younger harridan Xanthippe, would be in line for a Nobel. \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 11 May 2018",
"Better yet, the pervasive myth that women become shriveled harridans after 30 couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. \u2014 Alana Massey, SELF , 19 Dec. 2017",
"The praise was largely glowing for Janney\u2019s turn as Tonya Harding\u2019s mother, LaVona Golden, a harridan with a sharp tongue and, at times, a parakeet on her shoulder. \u2014 Richard Lawson, HWD , 15 Sep. 2017",
"As the dispossessed Queen Margaret, whose prophetic curses haunt the play, Ms. Redgrave is not the usual shrieking harridan but a bone-weary old woman, whose madness is steeped in a quiet, blisteringly bitter fatalism. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 1 Aug. 2016",
"Fricka, Wotan\u2019s wife, sung with molten tone by Jamie Barton, isn\u2019t the traditional harridan , but sober and wounded. \u2014 Zachary Woolfe, New York Times , 2 June 2017",
"At Goodspeed, Kristine Zbornik, as Albert\u2019s comic harridan of a smothering matriarch, just about stops the show with her rendition. \u2014 Sylviane Gold, New York Times , 12 Aug. 2016"
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"1678, in the meaning defined above":""
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"perhaps modification of French haridelle old horse, gaunt woman":""
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"\u02c8her-\u0259-d\u0259n",
"\u02c8ha-r\u0259-"
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"virago",
"vixen"
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"type":[
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]
},
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": beset by problems : harassed":[
"a harried waiter who forgets your order"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But what makes the show worth watching is the camaraderie between the leads \u2014 Herbers is particularly adept at playing the harried working mom whose husband is often away and who just kind of plunges ahead with life \u2014 and the goofy humor. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 5 June 2022",
"The star started the affair while plugging her film Everything Everywhere All at Once, which follows Michelle Yeoh as a harried laundromat owner tasked with saving the world (hers and all the others out there). \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 7 May 2022",
"For me, this unfussy yet perfect meal embodies all the best parts of my lower-key, high-desert home; a metaphorical salve for the harried soul that reminds us it\u2019s the simple things\u2014a great meal, the last drops of daylight\u2014that make for a rich life. \u2014 Maggie Hennessy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Even as guitars and rock itself were starting to take a cultural back seat, Sonic Youth could still make the unhurried sound thrillingly harried . \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Average would be a godsend to these two harried parents who are just doing their best-ish to raise their three kids. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Directed by the filmmaking duo Daniels (Swiss Army Man), the science-fiction-action-comedy-drama stars Yeoh as a harried laundromat-owner named Evelyn who discovers she is the only person who can save an infinite number of alternate universes. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Heather sat in the car glued to a harried exchange of group texts and her doorbell camera. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2022",
"When the Perfect Gift is an Edible Body Finding the perfect present for the kids can be a hassle for harried parents around the holidays. \u2014 Andrea Thompson, Scientific American , 27 Dec. 2021"
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"1609, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1553, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1596, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"Middle English hayrer, heirer, eirer, of uncertain origin, later reshaped after hare entry 1 and harrier entry 3":"Noun",
"earlier also harroer, harrower, from harrow entry 1 or harry + -er entry 2":"Noun",
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": a cultivating tool set with spikes, teeth, or disks and used primarily for breaking up and smoothing the soil":[],
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"has not set out to appall the reader with horrors nor to harrow him with miseries",
"\u2014 Douglas Stewart"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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"Middle English harwen, harowen, derivative of harwe, harow harrow entry 2":"Verb",
"Middle English herwen, harwen \u2014 more at harry":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8her-\u014d",
"\u02c8ha-(\u02cc)r\u014d"
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"anguish",
"bedevil",
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"curse",
"excruciate",
"persecute",
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"rack",
"torment",
"torture"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193019",
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"noun",
"verb"
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},
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"antonyms":[
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"sweet"
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": acutely distressing or painful":[
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"Mr. Wu's work in a coal mine was particularly harrowing .",
"\u2014 Charles Horner"
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Through the trauma of war, a harrowing journey to safety and settling among sponsor families, the Ukrainian team is finding solace in the one thing that hasn\u2019t changed: gymnastics. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"No Way Home costar Andrew Garfield and opened up portraying Rue\u2019s harrowing journey, specifically, in episode five. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 13 June 2022",
"In partnership with Showtime, Johnson is leading the Vice News investigative team in their new limited series VICE\u2019s Showtime series on the harrowing journey Griner is going through. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 4 June 2022",
"Ahead of him lay a harrowing journey home, evading Russian forces along the way. \u2014 Isabel Coles, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"The sisters took Vera\u2019s 4-year-old son, Kirill, slipped out of Mariupol on foot and embarked on a harrowing journey. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
"Hassan had opened up about his harrowing journey during a virtual interview with Good Morning Britain from Bratislava last week. \u2014 Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Aside from a harrowing five-day journey in which Sushko had to leave Paris to rescue her parents at the Romania-Ukraine border, the two women worked to source images from their photographer contacts. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 16 Mar. 2022",
"These videos are punctuated with Beltran\u2019s footage of the camp, contrasting their harrowing journey and the insecurities of their lives at the camp, where they could easily be deported back to Cuba. \u2014 Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety , 13 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1799, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"from present participle of harrow entry 3":""
},
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"\u02c8her-\u0259-wi\u014b",
"\u02c8ha-r\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"bitter",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"galling",
"grievous",
"harsh",
"heartrending",
"hurtful",
"painful",
"tormenting",
"torturous"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234332",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
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": to clear the throat in a pompous way":[],
": to comment disapprovingly":[],
": to utter (a comment) disapprovingly":[]
},
"examples":[
"\u201cThese charges are absurd,\u201d he harrumphed .",
"They stood around harrumphing about the current state of politics.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That number started dropping in the 1980s and has fallen since, prompting old-timers to harrumph at what slackers these lazy kids are. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 June 2021",
"That\u2019s why the person harrumphing new usage quickly becomes the one sounding uneducated. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2020",
"Jenkins suggests that this was disingenuous, and that old Charles had reasons for harrumphing away what young Charles may have absorbed in Edinburgh. \u2014 David Quammen, The New York Review of Books , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Bobbie Bell is delightful as Scrooge \u2014 snarling, bristling and just generally harrumphing with flair. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 3 Dec. 2019",
"This also gives me a chance to harrumph at the dad for using his wife as a prop. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press , 27 July 2019",
"The style was jarringly different, and some old-school critics harrumphed . \u2014 Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2019",
"By the 1930s the grande dame was already becoming an archetype\u2014the stock character duchess harrumphing through Agatha Christie mysteries and screwball comedies, clinging to a bygone era. \u2014 Sadie Stein, Town & Country , 20 Sep. 2016",
"Hill harrumphed when umpire Mike Winters declined to award him a strike on a full-count curveball at the top of the zone. \u2014 Andy Mccullough, latimes.com , 29 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1942, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"imitative":""
},
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"h\u0259-\u02c8r\u0259m(p)f"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035156",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"harry":{
"antonyms":[],
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": to force to move along by harassing":[
"harrying the terrified horses down out of the mountains",
"\u2014 R. A. Sokolov"
],
": to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault":[],
": to torment by or as if by constant attack":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ukraine\u2019s military command said its troops continued to harry the forces that Russia has been massing for a full-scale assault on the Donbas region, the industrial heartland where Moscow already holds sway. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The fighters had divided into teams to target strategic points within the prison, while others were sent to harry a nearby battalion of Kurdish fighters and block off routes to the complex. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Indiana pounded the paint early, bossed Michigan State on the boards and harried every screen. \u2014 Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star , 24 Jan. 2020",
"Rebel groups had continued to harry government forces, however, from outside the city with mortar rounds. \u2014 Sarah El Deeb, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Feb. 2020",
"Before that pass, the 49ers harried Mahomes as few teams have. \u2014 Kevin Draper, New York Times , 2 Feb. 2020",
"Each Villa player never gave their opponents a seconds rest, constantly harrying and chasing down. \u2014 SI.com , 2 Nov. 2019",
"During the Cultural Revolution of 1966-76, when sacred sites were razed by Maoist zealots and countless priests and monks were harried to death, the temple became a primary school. \u2014 The Economist , 19 Sep. 2019",
"The second-movement Larghetto was appropriately restrained, but the finale was harried , even frantic. Exposed high writing for violins in the outer movements wasn\u2019t always tidy. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 17 Jan. 2020"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English h\u00e6r\u021den, herien, harien, herwen, harwen \"to plunder, ravage, torment, pursue, drag,\" going back to Old English hergian, herian, heregian, hergon \"to make predatory raids, ravage, wage war,\" going back to Germanic *harj\u014djan- (whence also Old Saxon herion \"to plunder,\" Middle Dutch heren, hergen \"to destroy with an army, ravage,\" Old High German heri\u014dn, herr\u014dn \"to devastate, plunder,\" Old Norse herja \"to despoil, lay waste\"), verbal derivative of *harja- \"body of armed men\" (whence Old English here \"body of armed men, army,\" Old Frisian here [in compounds], Old Saxon heri \"army, crowd,\" Old High German heri, hari, Old Norse herr \"host, army,\" Gothic harjis ), going back to Indo-European *kori\u032fo- (whence also Middle Irish cuire \"troop, host, company,\" Middle Welsh cord, cordd \"tribe, clan, multitude, troop,\" Lithuanian k\u00e3rias \"war, army\"), derivative of appurtenance from *kor- \"war,\" whence Lithuanian k\u00e3ras \"war,\" Old Persian k\u0101ra- \"army, people\" (with lengthened grade":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ha-r\u0113",
"\u02c8her-\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for harry worry , annoy , harass , harry , plague , pester , tease mean to disturb or irritate by persistent acts. worry implies an incessant goading or attacking that drives one to desperation. pursued a policy of worrying the enemy annoy implies disturbing one's composure or peace of mind by intrusion, interference, or petty attacks. you're doing that just to annoy me harass implies petty persecutions or burdensome demands that exhaust one's nervous or mental power. harassed on all sides by creditors harry may imply heavy oppression or maltreatment. the strikers had been harried by thugs plague implies a painful and persistent affliction. plagued all her life by poverty pester stresses the repetition of petty attacks. constantly pestered with trivial complaints tease suggests an attempt to break down one's resistance or rouse to wrath. children teased the dog",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215950",
"type":[
"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
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": to force to move along by harassing":[
"harrying the terrified horses down out of the mountains",
"\u2014 R. A. Sokolov"
],
": to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault":[],
": to torment by or as if by constant attack":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ukraine\u2019s military command said its troops continued to harry the forces that Russia has been massing for a full-scale assault on the Donbas region, the industrial heartland where Moscow already holds sway. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The fighters had divided into teams to target strategic points within the prison, while others were sent to harry a nearby battalion of Kurdish fighters and block off routes to the complex. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Indiana pounded the paint early, bossed Michigan State on the boards and harried every screen. \u2014 Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star , 24 Jan. 2020",
"Rebel groups had continued to harry government forces, however, from outside the city with mortar rounds. \u2014 Sarah El Deeb, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Feb. 2020",
"Before that pass, the 49ers harried Mahomes as few teams have. \u2014 Kevin Draper, New York Times , 2 Feb. 2020",
"Each Villa player never gave their opponents a seconds rest, constantly harrying and chasing down. \u2014 SI.com , 2 Nov. 2019",
"During the Cultural Revolution of 1966-76, when sacred sites were razed by Maoist zealots and countless priests and monks were harried to death, the temple became a primary school. \u2014 The Economist , 19 Sep. 2019",
"The second-movement Larghetto was appropriately restrained, but the finale was harried , even frantic. Exposed high writing for violins in the outer movements wasn\u2019t always tidy. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 17 Jan. 2020"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English h\u00e6r\u021den, herien, harien, herwen, harwen \"to plunder, ravage, torment, pursue, drag,\" going back to Old English hergian, herian, heregian, hergon \"to make predatory raids, ravage, wage war,\" going back to Germanic *harj\u014djan- (whence also Old Saxon herion \"to plunder,\" Middle Dutch heren, hergen \"to destroy with an army, ravage,\" Old High German heri\u014dn, herr\u014dn \"to devastate, plunder,\" Old Norse herja \"to despoil, lay waste\"), verbal derivative of *harja- \"body of armed men\" (whence Old English here \"body of armed men, army,\" Old Frisian here [in compounds], Old Saxon heri \"army, crowd,\" Old High German heri, hari, Old Norse herr \"host, army,\" Gothic harjis ), going back to Indo-European *kori\u032fo- (whence also Middle Irish cuire \"troop, host, company,\" Middle Welsh cord, cordd \"tribe, clan, multitude, troop,\" Lithuanian k\u00e3rias \"war, army\"), derivative of appurtenance from *kor- \"war,\" whence Lithuanian k\u00e3ras \"war,\" Old Persian k\u0101ra- \"army, people\" (with lengthened grade":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ha-r\u0113",
"\u02c8her-\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for harry worry , annoy , harass , harry , plague , pester , tease mean to disturb or irritate by persistent acts. worry implies an incessant goading or attacking that drives one to desperation. pursued a policy of worrying the enemy annoy implies disturbing one's composure or peace of mind by intrusion, interference, or petty attacks. you're doing that just to annoy me harass implies petty persecutions or burdensome demands that exhaust one's nervous or mental power. harassed on all sides by creditors harry may imply heavy oppression or maltreatment. the strikers had been harried by thugs plague implies a painful and persistent affliction. plagued all her life by poverty pester stresses the repetition of petty attacks. constantly pestered with trivial complaints tease suggests an attempt to break down one's resistance or rouse to wrath. children teased the dog",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011720",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"harsh":{
"antonyms":[
"easy",
"light",
"soft"
],
"definitions":{
": causing a disagreeable or painful sensory reaction : irritating":[
"harsh colors",
"harsh lighting",
"her harsh high-pitched voice",
"The horseradish was too harsh for the children.",
"harsh chemicals"
],
": excessively critical or negative":[
"had some harsh words for her opponent",
"a harsh critic",
"harsh discipline"
],
": having a coarse uneven surface that is rough or unpleasant to the touch":[
"granite stones harsh with lichen",
"\u2014 Nancy Hale"
],
": lacking in aesthetic appeal or refinement : crude":[
"a harsh and sometimes unpleasant book, barren of pretty touches",
"\u2014 Brendan Gill"
],
": overly intense or powerful":[
"harsh colors",
"harsh lighting",
"her harsh high-pitched voice",
"The horseradish was too harsh for the children.",
"harsh chemicals"
],
": physically discomforting":[
"The climate there is very harsh .",
"a harsh winter",
"the harsh realities of poverty",
"a harsh reminder of the importance of wearing a seat belt"
],
": unduly severe in making demands":[
"had some harsh words for her opponent",
"a harsh critic",
"harsh discipline"
],
": unpleasant and difficult to accept or experience":[
"The climate there is very harsh .",
"a harsh winter",
"the harsh realities of poverty",
"a harsh reminder of the importance of wearing a seat belt"
]
},
"examples":[
"The climate there is very harsh .",
"We've had an extremely harsh winter.",
"It's time for her to face the harsh realities of this situation.",
"The accident serves as a harsh reminder of the importance of wearing a seat belt.",
"The lighting in the room was very harsh .",
"The state has established harsh penalties for drug dealers.",
"She has been criticized for her harsh treatment of her students.",
"He was sentenced to a harsh prison term.",
"He had harsh words for his opponent.",
"She has faced some extremely harsh criticism.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The move empowers Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a brutal dictator that the Trump administration hit with harsh sanctions to encourage regime change. \u2014 Dan Eberhart, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Both Russia and Belarus has been hit by harsh Western sanctions over the past year, with more imposed after the invasion of Ukraine in February. \u2014 Rhoda Kwan, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
"The consequences of harsh economic sanctions against Russia are already being felt across the globe. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"But over time, losing Europe \u2014 the destination for more than half of Russia's oil exports \u2014 would deal a blow to the Kremlin, reducing government revenue as other harsh sanctions take a growing toll. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"Can harsh financial sanctions really touch the man who controls the wealth of Russia",
"Oil and gasoline prices have jumped since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, and the United States and its allies hit Moscow with harsh sanctions. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 31 Mar. 2022",
"But so far, Israel has not sent weapons to Ukraine, nor joined a broad coalition of countries worldwide, including the seven largest industrial nations, in imposing harsh economic sanctions designed to isolate Russia and hamper its war footing. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Geoana said the combination of harsh economic and individual sanctions on Russia and big losses militarily may eventually make Putin rethink his offensive on Ukraine. \u2014 Stephen Mcgrath, ajc , 26 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English harsk , of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian harsk harsh":""
},
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"\u02c8h\u00e4rsh"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for harsh rough , harsh , uneven , rugged , scabrous mean not smooth or even. rough implies points, bristles, ridges, or projections on the surface. a rough wooden board harsh implies a surface or texture distinctly unpleasant to the touch. a harsh fabric that chafes the skin uneven implies a lack of uniformity in height, breadth, or quality. an old house with uneven floors rugged implies irregularity or roughness of land surface and connotes difficulty of travel. a rugged landscape scabrous implies scaliness or prickliness of surface. a scabrous leaf",
"synonyms":[
"bitter",
"brutal",
"burdensome",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"grievous",
"grim",
"hard",
"hardhanded",
"heavy",
"inhuman",
"murderous",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rugged",
"searing",
"severe",
"stiff",
"tough",
"trying"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235630",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"harsh-furred hare":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small hare ( Caprolagus hispidus or Lepus hispidus ) of the eastern Himalayan foothills with a massive skull, short ears, and a dull dark coat in which whitish bristly hairs are mingled":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051930",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"harshen":{
"antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"ease"
],
"definitions":{
": to become harsh":[
"saw the grain of his skin harshening over face bones",
"\u2014 Elizabeth Bowen"
],
": to make (something, such as a voice) harsh":[]
},
"examples":[
"recent changes to the drunk driving laws harshen penalties for repeat offenders",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As time goes on, more voters could harshen their view of Biden, as all of these problems are under his tent now. \u2014 Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner , 24 Feb. 2021",
"The impetus for the line came not just from the rise of the ingredient-conscious consumer, but also in response to the ever- harshening realities of modern life. \u2014 Rebecca Dancer, Allure , 13 Dec. 2019",
"Protests by tens of thousands before the election and on the eve of his inauguration lead to legislation harshening penalties for unauthorized political protests. \u2014 Fox News , 18 Mar. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1824, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4r-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"harden",
"stiffen",
"strengthen",
"toughen"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181835",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"harshly":{
"antonyms":[
"easy",
"light",
"soft"
],
"definitions":{
": causing a disagreeable or painful sensory reaction : irritating":[
"harsh colors",
"harsh lighting",
"her harsh high-pitched voice",
"The horseradish was too harsh for the children.",
"harsh chemicals"
],
": excessively critical or negative":[
"had some harsh words for her opponent",
"a harsh critic",
"harsh discipline"
],
": having a coarse uneven surface that is rough or unpleasant to the touch":[
"granite stones harsh with lichen",
"\u2014 Nancy Hale"
],
": lacking in aesthetic appeal or refinement : crude":[
"a harsh and sometimes unpleasant book, barren of pretty touches",
"\u2014 Brendan Gill"
],
": overly intense or powerful":[
"harsh colors",
"harsh lighting",
"her harsh high-pitched voice",
"The horseradish was too harsh for the children.",
"harsh chemicals"
],
": physically discomforting":[
"The climate there is very harsh .",
"a harsh winter",
"the harsh realities of poverty",
"a harsh reminder of the importance of wearing a seat belt"
],
": unduly severe in making demands":[
"had some harsh words for her opponent",
"a harsh critic",
"harsh discipline"
],
": unpleasant and difficult to accept or experience":[
"The climate there is very harsh .",
"a harsh winter",
"the harsh realities of poverty",
"a harsh reminder of the importance of wearing a seat belt"
]
},
"examples":[
"The climate there is very harsh .",
"We've had an extremely harsh winter.",
"It's time for her to face the harsh realities of this situation.",
"The accident serves as a harsh reminder of the importance of wearing a seat belt.",
"The lighting in the room was very harsh .",
"The state has established harsh penalties for drug dealers.",
"She has been criticized for her harsh treatment of her students.",
"He was sentenced to a harsh prison term.",
"He had harsh words for his opponent.",
"She has faced some extremely harsh criticism.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The move empowers Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a brutal dictator that the Trump administration hit with harsh sanctions to encourage regime change. \u2014 Dan Eberhart, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Both Russia and Belarus has been hit by harsh Western sanctions over the past year, with more imposed after the invasion of Ukraine in February. \u2014 Rhoda Kwan, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
"The consequences of harsh economic sanctions against Russia are already being felt across the globe. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"But over time, losing Europe \u2014 the destination for more than half of Russia's oil exports \u2014 would deal a blow to the Kremlin, reducing government revenue as other harsh sanctions take a growing toll. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"Can harsh financial sanctions really touch the man who controls the wealth of Russia",
"Oil and gasoline prices have jumped since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, and the United States and its allies hit Moscow with harsh sanctions. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 31 Mar. 2022",
"But so far, Israel has not sent weapons to Ukraine, nor joined a broad coalition of countries worldwide, including the seven largest industrial nations, in imposing harsh economic sanctions designed to isolate Russia and hamper its war footing. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Geoana said the combination of harsh economic and individual sanctions on Russia and big losses militarily may eventually make Putin rethink his offensive on Ukraine. \u2014 Stephen Mcgrath, ajc , 26 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English harsk , of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian harsk harsh":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4rsh"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for harsh rough , harsh , uneven , rugged , scabrous mean not smooth or even. rough implies points, bristles, ridges, or projections on the surface. a rough wooden board harsh implies a surface or texture distinctly unpleasant to the touch. a harsh fabric that chafes the skin uneven implies a lack of uniformity in height, breadth, or quality. an old house with uneven floors rugged implies irregularity or roughness of land surface and connotes difficulty of travel. a rugged landscape scabrous implies scaliness or prickliness of surface. a scabrous leaf",
"synonyms":[
"bitter",
"brutal",
"burdensome",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"grievous",
"grim",
"hard",
"hardhanded",
"heavy",
"inhuman",
"murderous",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rugged",
"searing",
"severe",
"stiff",
"tough",
"trying"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100433",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"harshness":{
"antonyms":[
"easy",
"light",
"soft"
],
"definitions":{
": causing a disagreeable or painful sensory reaction : irritating":[
"harsh colors",
"harsh lighting",
"her harsh high-pitched voice",
"The horseradish was too harsh for the children.",
"harsh chemicals"
],
": excessively critical or negative":[
"had some harsh words for her opponent",
"a harsh critic",
"harsh discipline"
],
": having a coarse uneven surface that is rough or unpleasant to the touch":[
"granite stones harsh with lichen",
"\u2014 Nancy Hale"
],
": lacking in aesthetic appeal or refinement : crude":[
"a harsh and sometimes unpleasant book, barren of pretty touches",
"\u2014 Brendan Gill"
],
": overly intense or powerful":[
"harsh colors",
"harsh lighting",
"her harsh high-pitched voice",
"The horseradish was too harsh for the children.",
"harsh chemicals"
],
": physically discomforting":[
"The climate there is very harsh .",
"a harsh winter",
"the harsh realities of poverty",
"a harsh reminder of the importance of wearing a seat belt"
],
": unduly severe in making demands":[
"had some harsh words for her opponent",
"a harsh critic",
"harsh discipline"
],
": unpleasant and difficult to accept or experience":[
"The climate there is very harsh .",
"a harsh winter",
"the harsh realities of poverty",
"a harsh reminder of the importance of wearing a seat belt"
]
},
"examples":[
"The climate there is very harsh .",
"We've had an extremely harsh winter.",
"It's time for her to face the harsh realities of this situation.",
"The accident serves as a harsh reminder of the importance of wearing a seat belt.",
"The lighting in the room was very harsh .",
"The state has established harsh penalties for drug dealers.",
"She has been criticized for her harsh treatment of her students.",
"He was sentenced to a harsh prison term.",
"He had harsh words for his opponent.",
"She has faced some extremely harsh criticism.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The move empowers Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a brutal dictator that the Trump administration hit with harsh sanctions to encourage regime change. \u2014 Dan Eberhart, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Both Russia and Belarus has been hit by harsh Western sanctions over the past year, with more imposed after the invasion of Ukraine in February. \u2014 Rhoda Kwan, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
"The consequences of harsh economic sanctions against Russia are already being felt across the globe. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"But over time, losing Europe \u2014 the destination for more than half of Russia's oil exports \u2014 would deal a blow to the Kremlin, reducing government revenue as other harsh sanctions take a growing toll. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"Can harsh financial sanctions really touch the man who controls the wealth of Russia",
"Oil and gasoline prices have jumped since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, and the United States and its allies hit Moscow with harsh sanctions. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 31 Mar. 2022",
"But so far, Israel has not sent weapons to Ukraine, nor joined a broad coalition of countries worldwide, including the seven largest industrial nations, in imposing harsh economic sanctions designed to isolate Russia and hamper its war footing. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Geoana said the combination of harsh economic and individual sanctions on Russia and big losses militarily may eventually make Putin rethink his offensive on Ukraine. \u2014 Stephen Mcgrath, ajc , 26 Mar. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English harsk , of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian harsk harsh":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4rsh"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for harsh rough , harsh , uneven , rugged , scabrous mean not smooth or even. rough implies points, bristles, ridges, or projections on the surface. a rough wooden board harsh implies a surface or texture distinctly unpleasant to the touch. a harsh fabric that chafes the skin uneven implies a lack of uniformity in height, breadth, or quality. an old house with uneven floors rugged implies irregularity or roughness of land surface and connotes difficulty of travel. a rugged landscape scabrous implies scaliness or prickliness of surface. a scabrous leaf",
"synonyms":[
"bitter",
"brutal",
"burdensome",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"grievous",
"grim",
"hard",
"hardhanded",
"heavy",
"inhuman",
"murderous",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rugged",
"searing",
"severe",
"stiff",
"tough",
"trying"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162913",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"harslet":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of harslet dialectal variant of haslet"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[
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"One side of the exterior (featuring the royal arms of France and England) suffers from water damage; the other pictures a white hart with crown and chains, the king\u2019s personal emblem, sitting on rosemary branches. \u2014 Willard Spiegelman, WSJ , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"Striped throngs of zebra bound below among groups of red hartebeest and shaggy waterbuck. \u2014 Paul Steyn, National Geographic , 2 May 2019",
"Most of the animal bones come from gazelles, but there were also the cut and broken bones of hartebeests , wildebeests, zebras, buffalos, porcupines, hares, tortoises, freshwater mollusks, snakes and ostrich eggs. \u2014 Bill Lindelof, sacbee.com , 7 June 2017"
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"Australian summers fall differently than for the rest of us, with the farm opening later in the year and holding a harvest festival in November. \u2014 Hafsa Khalil, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"But harvest restrictions are the main tool the Maryland Department of Natural Resources can use to steward the blue crab population because its health depends largely on fluctuations in nature. \u2014 Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun , 28 June 2022",
"The year\u2019s first harvest of Yumi melons, grown in Bakersfield, hit West Coast markets in early June. \u2014 Naoki Nitta, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 June 2022",
"The rules reflect the state's large deer population and the general inability for regulations and hunter effort to meet harvest goals in the farmland zones. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2022",
"The current agreement doesn\u2019t allow for commercial harvesting but says the tribe could apply for commercial harvest exemptions. \u2014 Chris Aadland, oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
"The Ukrainian government expects less than half of this year\u2019s harvest to make it out of the country. \u2014 Vivian Salama, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"The region had always made sweet wines, but they were clearly labeled late harvest (vendange tardive) or special selection (s\u00e9lection de grains nobles). \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"By the 1920s, Buena Vista's lettuce-farming industry had become so lucrative that the town held an annual harvest celebration marked by rodeos and airplane stunts. \u2014 Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure , 19 June 2022",
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"Their goals for the new landscape include meadows of native plants, grasses and trees, and community gardens growing food, using methods that conserve water, harvest rainfall and rebuild the soil. \u2014 Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"Investors are also backing battery-recycling companies that can harvest materials from old batteries and reintroduce them into global supply chains. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"Using Passivhaus practices, builders can limit energy use by constructing a super-insulated, air-tight home with south-facing windows that harvest heat and sunlight. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"To get the tax break and keep things aesthetically pleasing, many owners simply hire a farmer to grow and harvest hay, which is the easiest and least invasive agricultural option. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Through the years, the CDQ groups have purchased ownership stakes in shore plants, processing vessels and boats that harvest snow crab. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The brand makes a point of employing mothers and other caretakers in the region, who help craft the leather detailing on each bottle, and providing crucial dental care for the agaveros who harvest the agave plants that go into the actual spirit. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Hunters who harvest deer within the Buffer Zone were encouraged to submit heads for sampling at the freezer locations within the CMZ. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Previously, Syaizul\u2019s farm of broiler chicken was able to harvest as many as seven times a year, with 45,000 birds harvested per cycle. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 3 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now the fleet sends two-thirds of its harvest home to China, according to state data. \u2014 Chuin-wei Yap, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2021",
"As a bonus, volunteers can take up to half their harvest home with them. \u2014 Shannon Eblen, Philly.com , 17 Oct. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, Germany has since succeeded in cutting Russian fuel down to 25% of its oil imports, 40% of its natural gas imports and 25% of its hard coal imports, Reuters reported in April. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"For years, Berlin happily relied on Moscow for more than half of its gas imports, a third of its oil and half of its hard coal imports, ignoring warnings from the United States and other allies about Russia weaponizing its energy supplies. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The continent received 57 million tons of Russian hard coal that year, compared to 31 million tons for China, IEA data shows. \u2014 Anna Cooban, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
"In 2020, the EU got 49% of its hard coal imports from Russia. \u2014 Georgi Kantchev, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Russia also is the EU\u2019s main supplier of crude oil and hard coal . \u2014 Georgi Kantchev, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2022",
"According to the study, the country's electricity grid is reliant on hard coal , which is even more polluting than the coal used in China. \u2014 Jon Sarlin, CNN , 26 Feb. 2022",
"The International Energy Agency reckons that Chinese coal emitted around 1000 grams of CO2 per kilowatt hour, and that Kazakhstan's hard coal variety coughs up far more, around 1500 grams. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Preliminary data shows wind power alone outpaced the country\u2019s hard coal and lignite plants last year. \u2014 Lindsey Mcginnis, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Jan. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Connor Frontera, 29, is the owner of a tutoring business and a harmonica player. \u2014 Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
"Because there are some things that cannot be played on the harmonica . \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"This is useful for the previously mentioned blowing out of candles, as well as blowing on a harmonica . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 1 June 2022",
"On 1965 the songs finds Reed on acoustic guitar and harmonica , with Cale singing harmonies in a style described as being akin to folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 6 June 2022",
"This dynamic multiple Blues Award-winning act is led by veteran Estrin, a superb songwriter, soulful singer, and scorching harmonica player. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"His father, a carpenter, played guitar, tenor banjo and harmonica ; his mother was a homemaker. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Taj Mahal is on harmonica , guitar and piano, Ry Cooder is on guitar, mandolin and banjo, and Ry\u2019s accomplished son Joachim Cooder joins on bass and drums. \u2014 Barry Mazor, WSJ , 3 May 2022",
"Soon, his frenetic performance style \u2014 even then, Janson was known for prowling the stage, wailing on harmonica and jumping off speakers \u2014 caught the attention of Music Row. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Waymo alleged at the time that its former employee Anthony Levandowski downloaded thousands of confidential files to his personal hard drive before resigning. \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 7 June 2022",
"Watch out for these telltale signs your hard drive is fading. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"Morris' efforts on Hunter Biden's behalf involve searching for alternative accounts of the chain of custody of the laptop and various copies of its hard drive , a source on Morris's team told CBS News. \u2014 Jim Axelrod, CBS News , 18 May 2022",
"This 25-minute-long recording of my conversation with my waipo now lives in my external hard drive , mostly populated with mundane small talk and long silences. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"The email exchanges that discuss Hunter Biden\u2019s plan to open a Biden-CEFC office were included on the copy of his hard drive and were confirmed through public records released by the Swedish government to The Post. \u2014 Matt Viser, Tom Hamburger, Craig Timberg, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The defense pointed out a user could also simply not download the program on their hard drive to evade it. \u2014 Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Connect your iPad or iPhone to your Mac and use the built in Photos or Image Capture apps to save all those files to your hard drive , then delete them from your phone. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Further, any actual PCP would be huge, requiring a hard drive the size of a planet. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 23 May 2022"
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"print a hard copy of the report",
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"Applicants can also request a hard copy of the application paperwork by calling that same number or reaching out to their regional contact program. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"Top bidders received the original hard copy of the play card, hand-drawn and autographed by Popovich, as well as up to four court-side tickets to a Spurs home game in the 2022-2023 season, courtesy of the San Antonio Food Bank. \u2014 Eric Killelea, San Antonio Express-News , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Where to Buy The Godfather Films on DVD and Blu-ray Prefer to own a hard copy of the classic mob pictures",
"Successful bidders also will receive an autographed hard copy of the physical play card and a VIP Spurs experience. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Print and fill out a hard copy of the complaint form, which requires notarization before submission. \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Stanley says the simplest solution to keep your data safe at a restaurant is to request a hard copy menu. \u2014 Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics , 17 Feb. 2022",
"What once came in hard copy , can be downloaded through your digital device. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Now, the only officially sanctioned hard copy or digital booklets for promotion are via the org\u2019s Emmy Magazine. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead of using chickpeas in your hummus, use another white bean, such as cannellini or haricot . \u2014 Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2021",
"Met Gala caterer Olivier Cheng conjured up a colorful menu: filet of beef with beet horseradish crema accompanied by tomato rye tartlets, haricot adorned with edible orange flowers, and an array of rainbow carrots. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 6 May 2019",
"Thus, there were no white-and-purple haricot beans. \u2014 Lu Yang, The New Yorker , 4 June 2017",
"The shrimp fried rice was a terrific preparation, offering a surprising number of plump crustaceans and a welcome scattering of haricots verts as well as red cabbage, zucchini and scallions. \u2014 Suzanne Loudermilk, baltimoresun.com , 11 Aug. 2017",
"Even though it was owned by a corporation rather than, for instance, a charming older couple named Jean-Pierre and Anouk who remembered which one of your children always ate all of his haricot verts, the eulogies were numerous. \u2014 Ginia Bellafante, New York Times , 3 Aug. 2017",
"My impression of the salmon entree ($24) would have been vastly improved had the two bundles of haricot verts been removed. \u2014 Lindsey Mcclave, The Courier-Journal , 2 Aug. 2017",
"Served on top of jasmine rice with haricot verts, the crispy bird is coated in aromatic vinegar-honey sauce that drips onto the rice. \u2014 Eric Velasco, AL.com , 25 July 2017",
"French green beans, also called haricot verts, are sweeter still and harvested when smaller than a pinky finger and quite succulent. \u2014 Debbie Arrington, sacbee , 18 July 2017"
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"He knows that he can count on the support of a hard core of party loyalists.",
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"Strong believers in political violence, that 5%, are the hardest of the hard core . \u2014 David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Equity believers have to be a hard core buy the dippers to not acknowledge this is one frightening chart with a trajectory aiming at 10,000 and probably lower. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The suffix -core comes from hard core , which at first (1841) referred to broken bricks or stones that formed the hard substratum of roads and foundations. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Yet another wave of completely pointless death seems to be motivating a lot of people to finally get vaccinated \u2014 but thus far the procrastinators, not the ideological, hard core antivaxxers. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 27 Aug. 2021",
"And a hard core of vaccine resistance, often tied to far-right populism, helped set the stage for a virulent fourth wave of infections now raging across Europe, triggering stringent lockdowns whose like hadn\u2019t been seen for months. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Mobile marketers widely believe Google will introduce something similar, if not quite as hard core , in future version of Android. \u2014 John Koetsier, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Pick raspberries when the fruit is firm but soft, deeply colored, and easily slides off the hard core . \u2014 Melinda Myers, Star Tribune , 30 July 2021",
"For the hard core hikers, anything under 10 miles in rugged conditions might not be considered a real hike. \u2014 Field & Stream , 9 Mar. 2021"
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"Our manager showed up the next day with a harpsichord and this weed called Train Wreck. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
"Hoping the change will prod the reluctant 13-year-old from his gloom, the senior Silbermann urges his son to make the most of his budding musical talents at the school \u2013 Stefan sings and plays the harpsichord and organ \u2013 before bidding him farewell. \u2014 Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Apr. 2022",
"When the opera was unable to negotiate an agreement to hire 34 symphony musicians to play, the production went forward with a pianist and a harpsichord player playing the score. \u2014 Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The concert featured harpsichord , violin, organ and vocal sections in Bach\u2019s compositions, with a closing performance of the Ukrainian National Anthem, the statement said. \u2014 Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The continuo was judiciously realized by Michael Sponseller on harpsichord and Jacob Street on organ. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra violinist and concertmaster Margaret Batjer leads members of the ensemble in Dmitry Sitkovetsky\u2019s string arrangement of Bach\u2019s highly mutable 1741 composition originally written for the harpsichord . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"As proof, a radiant Andriessen harpsichord solo and a shimmering Lucier triangle solo showed up recently on programs at Disney. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
"But this harpsichord rendition has, for some reason, never made the leap to digital. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Jan. 2022"
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"Good ones to try include haricot vert , Blue Lake, Hidatsa red, or dragon tongue. \u2014 Dean Kuipers, Outside Online , 8 May 2022",
"Breakfast favorites, prime rib, lamb, chicken thighs, eggplant Parmesan, tortellini, salmon, seafood fra diavolo, haricot vert and desserts. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"In the before times, more than 90% of farmers\u2019 market customers for Dirty Girl Produce used cash to buy its dry-farmed tomatoes, Little Gems lettuce and haricot vert beans. \u2014 Taylor Kate Brown, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 July 2021",
"Cook haricots verts in a large pot of boiling salted water until bright green and tender, about 5 minutes. \u2014 Ignacio Mattos, Bon Appetit , 23 Apr. 2018",
"Retrieve the bowls with the haricot verts and potatoes. \u2014 Saveur Editors, Saveur , 21 May 2019",
"Swapping thick green beans for thinner haricots verts , which often come trimmed, results in beans that are tender but not floppy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Sep. 2019",
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"Tabbouleh salad with haricot verts , fris\u00e9e, tomato, feta, cucumber, peppers, red onion and lemon honey vinaigrette. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 8 Jan. 2020"
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"The company only built two hardtop versions of the 300SLR racer, and the cars, from 1955, were used by Uhlenhaut and other Mercedes engineers to push racing technology forward. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022",
"Our selection includes a range of hardtop and canopy-top grill gazebos across price points\u2014from budget to splurge\u2014all with average customer ratings of at least four stars. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 9 May 2022",
"This is the first time the Z06 is being offered with a hardtop . \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Importantly and essentially, the vehicle retains its original matching-numbers chassis, engine, body, gearbox differential, hood frame and hardtop , requisite characteristics for the best examples. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The boat is available in both open console or hardtop form and comes with a lengthy list of optional extras, from bathing ladders to underwater lighting. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Both come only as a four-door model with a hardtop and are more hardcore options for off-roaders\u2014or mall crawlers. \u2014 Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver , 10 Feb. 2022",
"In 1950, the automobile industry produced nearly 8 million vehicles and capitalized on popular features like the hardtop convertible. \u2014 al , 11 Mar. 2022",
"For more dining options, beneath the hardtop there\u2019s a table for 12, with big-screen televisions on either side for dinner and a movie. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 25 Feb. 2022"
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"definitions":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There was no safety net above the hard stone floor. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"With the pews full, an older woman dressed in a silk skirt knelt slowly on the hard stone floor beneath the vaulted ceiling to pray. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The medium of choice: washed hard stone like granite or quartz, not limestone or sandstone. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Martorana\u2019s gambit is to carve soft things, with exquisite realism, from hard stone . \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2021",
"Lee and Winslet present us with the image of a hard stone to crack. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 13 Nov. 2020",
"Botanically speaking, stone fruits are a type of drupe: thin-skin fruits with soft flesh around a hard stone or pit encasing their seeds. \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 Aug. 2020",
"Over time, those crystals can become small, hard stones . \u2014 Samantha Lauriello, Health.com , 9 Sep. 2019",
"Kidney stones develop when salt and other minerals found in urine stick together and form into hard stone -like deposits. \u2014 Samantha Lauriello, Health.com , 31 July 2019"
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"Jean Rhys\u2019s first four novels are peopled with, and powered by, sharply depicted women dealing with their unfair share of hard knocks in a hostile world. \u2014 Malcolm Forbes, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Seated behind a clear plastic partition, the two older women share confidences that expose some hard knocks of experience. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Utilizing setbacks as learning tools, lessons were revealed inside and outside the \u2018school\u2019 of hard knocks illustrating the power of acquiring financial literacy for early-career professionals. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The Detroit Lions have endured their share of hard knocks over the years, and now the franchise will be featured on the reality series by the same name. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The Detroit Lions have endured their share of hard knocks over the years, and now the franchise will be featured on the reality series by the same name. \u2014 Dave Birkett, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Time and the school of hard knocks have taught me: Your success depends on your people's success. \u2014 John Rex, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Although my hard knocks were real and there wasn\u2019t a Daddy Warbucks in my future. \u2014 Liz Elting, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"There\u2019s just one problem with the story: Her school of hard knocks was 1970s Rhodesia. \u2014 John Patrick Leary, The New Republic , 24 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s also harem pants hand-woven in Africa, Budan maxi dresses, and denim workwear shirts. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Sandoval walks the runway in a sheer black shirt with X\u2019s over his nipples, a pair of bright orange harem pants , high-heeled shoes, and an umbrella that is somehow fashioned into a hat. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 5 Oct. 2021",
"So think maxidresses and harem pants and breathable cotton fabrics. \u2014 Amber Katz, Glamour , 11 May 2021",
"In the walk-in closet of your soul, are your politics just a fad, like harem pants ",
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"So think maxi dresses and harem pants and breathable cotton fabrics. \u2014 Amber Katz, Glamour , 24 Mar. 2019",
"My harem pants billowed too much around the backside\u2014not flattering. \u2014 Monica Corcoran Harel, Marie Claire , 24 Sep. 2013",
"From its oversized shoulder pads tucked into high-waisted harem pants and cinched with a leather obi belt adorned with the famous LV logo, Stone\u2019s daring outfit worked with the event\u2019s theme of fashion innovation. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 6 June 2018"
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"The pad had a 390-foot-by-325-foot reinforced concrete hardstand standing 48 feet above sea level. \u2014 Clifton Leaf, Fortune , 2 Feb. 2022"
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"The ending of the first movement makes clear Britten\u2019s awareness of this aesthetic dichotomy, with a cello glissando ascent through the harmonic series , an acoustic phenomenon literally at the core of western ideas of musical consonance and harmony. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"This kind of series, based on successive reciprocal numbers, is known as a harmonic series . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Dec. 2016",
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"At one point, the music seems to orbit around the natural harmonic series , and a drone appears at another. \u2014 Peter Dobrin, Philly.com , 26 Mar. 2018"
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"Death brought on by disease, overwork, and hard labor was common. \u2014 Jeff Gammage, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"The strain from the cold and the hard labor may cause a heart attack. \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 30 Oct. 2021",
"He was forced to do hard labor in the quarry there. \u2014 Jens Christian-wagner, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The work involves hard labor , not just in terms of taking care of the cows, but in maintaining fences, cutting hay by hand with old-fashioned scythes and then moving the resulting hay bales up and down the mountain on massive pulleys. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Feb. 2022",
"But a few months after her 19th birthday, she was rounded up and forced to perform hard labor at a munitions factory in Poland. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Auschwitz was the largest Nazi death camp, and at least 1.1 million people \u2014 most of them Jewish \u2014 died there, with many immediately gassed upon their arrival and others dying after working hard labor in deplorable conditions. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Eugene\u2019s failed attempt to contact A-town has resulted in hard labor for his pals and poor Stephanie. \u2014 Richard Rys, Vulture , 3 Oct. 2021",
"Film producer Ma Aeint has been sentenced to three years of jail, with hard labor , by a court in Yangon, Myanmar. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"His admirers included such luminaries as U.S. Sen. Robert Wagner, all of whom turned a complaisant eye to the married Crater\u2019s other life as a randy stage-door johnny with a mistress and a harem of chorus girls and Polly Adler hookers. \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"In one of his most famous movies, the Italian director, who died almost 30 years ago at the age of 73, depicted his surrogate, also a film director, presiding over a dream harem . \u2014 Glenn Kenny, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"Dominant bull elk require a harem of females, ranging from 5 to 90 at a time. \u2014 Fox News , 21 May 2022",
"After the Sheba sequence, the djinn spends 1,500 years in a brass vase, reemerging in the Istanbul of the early Ottoman Empire, where the second in line to be sultan spends his adulthood locked in a harem with corpulent concubines. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 20 May 2022",
"In a rather unlikely twist, another myth suggest that cannolo moved from the harem into the nearby convents built in the years that followed, and became popular with the local nuns. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"Locals in Wiseman offered that this musk ox might be a lone bull driven from the rest by a more dominant one who stayed north with his harem . \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Cue Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik, rose lovers \u2014 Clayton and his harem have moved on to Vienna. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
"On shore, a group of females, officially known as a harem , was clustered; one flipped sand onto her body to keep cool. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Feb. 2022"
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"As essential to the genre as a power chord is to hard rock . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"The Elgin Community College Concert Band will perform from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, in Grafelman Park, 112 N. 5th St., West Dundee, and hard rock cover band Shock the System is set to play from 7 to 8:30 p.m. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"The new wave of supernatural tragedy gripping the community is being blamed on devil worship, i.e. anyone who plays Dungeons and Dragons or listens to hard rock . \u2014 Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"In other places, lithium is taken from the earth using hard rock mining that leaves huge, ugly scars in the land. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"And don\u2019t tell In De Goot that hard rock /metal bands have an especially hard row to hoe. \u2014 Katherine Turman, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Bourbon & Beyond is produced by Danny Wimmer Presents, which will also stage the hard rock -leaning Louder Than Life festival at the same venue the following weekend with a lineup featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers, KISS, Nine Inch Nails and Slipknot. \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Further, Impera has the largest sales week for a rock or hard rock album since the debut of Foo Fighters\u2019 Medicine at Midnight (64,000; week ending Feb. 11, 2021). \u2014 Keith Caulfield, Billboard , 21 Mar. 2022",
"For all the success as GVF was embraced by fans worldwide and heralded as a second coming for old-school hard rock , the band also proved divisive. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2022"
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"\u2014 C. M. L. Beuf",
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": a small circle \ud834\uddac placed over a note in stringed-instrument music to indicate that it is to be played as a harmonic":[]
"Swedish harf\u00e5ng , literally, hare catcher, from hare (from Old Swedish hari ) + f\u00e5nga to catch, from Old Swedish fanga , from Middle Low German vangen ; akin to Old English hara hare and to Old High German f\u0101han to catch":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Golden State Cider is the top-selling hard cider in Northern California, according to Nielsen data, producing 600,000 cases annually. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 May 2022",
"The company produces traditional and specialty ales as well as hard cider , seltzers, and ready to drink cocktails. \u2014 Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Mar. 2022",
"This braise is enticingly aromatic thanks to hard cider , garlic and herbs, all of which play well with the rich dark meat. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Feb. 2022",
"The tasting room is currently open and features a wide range of beers, wine, craft cocktails, hard cider , craft vodka seltzers and craft sodas. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Elyse Flannery, one of several managers running the orchard, also pointed to their craft beer and hard cider biergarten, new this year \u2014 as is their apple cider slushie. \u2014 Zareen Syed, chicagotribune.com , 5 Oct. 2021",
"In fact, market research suggests that hard cider sales are soaring amongst this particular demographic. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Beyond beer, Warped Wing will offer hard cider and a spirits men with a focus on specialty cocktails. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 18 Jan. 2022",
"This recipe from Pick \u2018n Save is a healthier take on cheesy soup featuring tons of root vegetables and hard cider . \u2014 Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Jan. 2022"
