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"\u2014 John Kessler"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Skeptics pounced on the proclamation as pure poppycock \u2014and for understandable reasons. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
"Others dismiss the idea of such a romance as poppycock . \u2014 Colleen A. Sheehan, WSJ , 25 Nov. 2021",
"But simply passing off early losses as games that are not as important as later in the season is pure poppycock . \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 21 Aug. 2021",
"None of the poppycock from Texas politicians is of any help to the scores of Texans who spent long hours and days freezing in their homes. \u2014 Star Tribune , 22 Feb. 2021",
"Even if that proves to be poppycock , Republicans must use one hand to keep Trump voters engaged in politics and the other hand to block Trump from remaining in control of the GOP. \u2014 Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News , 25 Jan. 2021",
"Nor is such dangerous poppycock confined to western Europe. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Dec. 2020",
"Despite all the poppycock , the animosity, the headlines, the impeachment without a trial. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Dec. 2019",
"But the legend lives on, and that\u2019s not just plain poppycock . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 July 2019"
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"Often, more affordable brands followed, making similar but lower-cost versions of those items for the general populace . \u2014 Jacey Duprie, The Week , 7 June 2022",
"Kim\u2019s pressure campaign hasn\u2019t been slowed by a COVID-19 outbreak spreading across his largely unvaccinated populace of 26 million amid a lack of public health tools. \u2014 Kim Tong-hyung, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"To look at this phenomenon in purely capitalistic terms, this affects the health of the economy along with the general populace . \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"But the sentiment Caruso is trying to convey \u2014 that the city is in dire straits, with a populace plagued by fear \u2014 is central to his insurgent campaign for mayor. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The allegations, analysts say, have cut through the typical scandal-of-the-moment furor that normally fades with the next day\u2019s headlines, resonating with a British populace that still vividly remembers the pandemic sacrifices it was asked to make. \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Jan. 2022",
"With a thrifty populace living in such a temperate climate, box fans rigged to blow over ice and nighttime breezes off Puget Sound were enough to keep the peak of summer at bay. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2021",
"City officials estimate 2,500 to 5,000 residents have returned each day, even as Russian Grad rockets continue to terrorize the populace . \u2014 Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"The picture of the world these professional vaccine agitators paint \u2014 full of conspiracies and cover-ups, with a dangerous medicine being forced on the populace \u2014 could be seen as a form of advertising. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022"
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"The word \u201cgroovy\u201d was popular in the 1960s but it's outdated now.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The special laws allotted to the sports and the classical music and arts industries for mandatory military service must be extended to popular culture as well. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 22 June 2022",
"The show ended six years ago but continues to make its mark on popular culture. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"Crypto had permeated much of popular culture before its recent tumble, with many Super Bowl ads touting the digital assets and celebrities and YouTube personalities routinely promoting it on social media. \u2014 Haleluya Hadero And Kelvin Chan, Chron , 18 June 2022",
"From the first season onward, the show made a significant impact on popular culture. \u2014 Karen Idelson, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"As a popular character, Kamala has participated in most of the major company crossovers since her creation in 2013. \u2014 Joe George, Men's Health , 14 June 2022",
"Even as the blackface minstrelsy industry faded from popular American culture in the 1890s, Soelberg said, Latter-day Saints kept the tradition alive well into the 1950s through performances put on by congregations and youth groups. \u2014 Tamarra Kemsley, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"The aim is to transform a popular culture that has always typecast or ignored people from lower castes. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, popular culture writes and rewrites religion\u2019s obituary. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Critics such as Jonathan Rauch insist that a surfeit of popular sovereignty has tipped the delicate balance of self-governance in the direction of strongman ethnic nationalism. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Critics such as Jonathan Rauch insist that a surfeit of popular sovereignty has tipped the delicate balance of self-governance in the direction of strongman ethnic nationalism. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Critics such as Jonathan Rauch insist that a surfeit of popular sovereignty has tipped the delicate balance of self-governance in the direction of strongman ethnic nationalism. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Critics such as Jonathan Rauch insist that a surfeit of popular sovereignty has tipped the delicate balance of self-governance in the direction of strongman ethnic nationalism. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Critics such as Jonathan Rauch insist that a surfeit of popular sovereignty has tipped the delicate balance of self-governance in the direction of strongman ethnic nationalism. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Critics such as Jonathan Rauch insist that a surfeit of popular sovereignty has tipped the delicate balance of self-governance in the direction of strongman ethnic nationalism. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Critics such as Jonathan Rauch insist that a surfeit of popular sovereignty has tipped the delicate balance of self-governance in the direction of strongman ethnic nationalism. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Critics such as Jonathan Rauch insist that a surfeit of popular sovereignty has tipped the delicate balance of self-governance in the direction of strongman ethnic nationalism. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021"
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"the increasing popularity of cell phones",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But wealth doesn\u2019t always correlate with popularity on the platform. \u2014 Richard J. Chang, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"The announcement follows a years-long investigation into whether the brand may have helped fuel vaping's popularity among underage users. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Ziwe, age 30 and Nigerian American, is part of a recent wave of young comedians of color to acquire popularity first through social media and then leverage that newfound fame to land broadcasting deals. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
"European leaders are battling internal political turmoil, and some have seen their popularity dip and governing coalitions collapse amid economic concerns and fallout from the invasion. \u2014 Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times , 24 June 2022",
"There are also the reactions to the news \u2014 videos whose popularity rests less on their ability to inform or persuade than on their capacity to reflect raw emotion. \u2014 Reyhan Harmanci, New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"As cryptocurrency\u2019s popularity has grown, it has increasingly been targeted by criminals. \u2014 Taylor Telford, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"The album also dominates the Japan Hot Albums chart and the U.S. Billboard 200 tally this week, showcasing BTS\u2019 overwhelming global popularity once again. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 22 June 2022",
"Jean Evans, a former chair of the Missouri Republican Party who is now a political consultant, attributes Greitens' popularity to a passionate slice of the base. \u2014 Will Mcduffie, ABC News , 22 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Celebrities like Scarlett Johansson and Chantal Jeffries have helped popularize the new (and finicky \u2014 helix piercings can take up to nine months to heal) style. \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 31 May 2022",
"Jefferson Avenue was within walking distance of War Memorial Stadium, the former home of the Buffalo Bills NFL team, and pioneering establishments like Wings N' Things, one of America's first chicken wing shops that helped popularize Buffalo wings. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"His exacting vision has helped popularize the rise of neo-Westerns \u2014 stories that take the conventions of the Western genre and place them in the present. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Smith helped popularize the Spanish Colonial Revival style in the region in private homes and public buildings that are now National Historic Landmarks. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The song helped popularize the lingo that truck drivers used over their citizens band radios. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The song helped popularize the lingo that truck drivers used over their citizens band, or CB, radios and is almost incomprehensible without a glossary of CB terms. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The national restaurant chain Chipotle helped to popularize this style of burrito across the country. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The scholarship, dedicated to the late reporter who helped popularize lacrosse in Massachusetts, is open to MIAA seniors who have played on at least one varsity team the past two years. \u2014 Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022"
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"Celebrities like Scarlett Johansson and Chantal Jeffries have helped popularize the new (and finicky \u2014 helix piercings can take up to nine months to heal) style. \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 31 May 2022",
"Jefferson Avenue was within walking distance of War Memorial Stadium, the former home of the Buffalo Bills NFL team, and pioneering establishments like Wings N' Things, one of America's first chicken wing shops that helped popularize Buffalo wings. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"His exacting vision has helped popularize the rise of neo-Westerns \u2014 stories that take the conventions of the Western genre and place them in the present. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Smith helped popularize the Spanish Colonial Revival style in the region in private homes and public buildings that are now National Historic Landmarks. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The song helped popularize the lingo that truck drivers used over their citizens band radios. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The song helped popularize the lingo that truck drivers used over their citizens band, or CB, radios and is almost incomprehensible without a glossary of CB terms. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The national restaurant chain Chipotle helped to popularize this style of burrito across the country. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The scholarship, dedicated to the late reporter who helped popularize lacrosse in Massachusetts, is open to MIAA seniors who have played on at least one varsity team the past two years. \u2014 Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022"
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"The hosts, who change frequently, never paper over the diverse viewpoints of the Puerto Ricans who populate the stories. \u2014 Eric Mcquade, The Atlantic , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Not the actuality of it, but the people in it, the people who populate it. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 24 Apr. 2022",
"But unlike the many debunkers, explainers, and self-promotional plastic surgeons who populate the platform, Flanary\u2019s primary concern is with making people laugh. \u2014 Damian Garde, STAT , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Google\u2019s YouTube is folding its effort to create original programming and focusing on the millions of creators who populate the video platform with content. \u2014 Tripp Mickle, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Many companies resorted to using multiple job boards like LinkedIn, Indeed, Handshake, and more to populate the top of their recruiting funnel. \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The launch of the 2022 Alder Lake CPUs also coincides with the unveiling of three new Intel chipsets to populate lower-cost LGA1700 motherboards. \u2014 Chris Stobing, PCMAG , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Many of the big fish and mammals that used to populate the ocean simply aren\u2019t there anymore. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Park officials also trap bison at the northern border, sending some to the slaughter while transferring others to populate new areas, including Native American lands, under the Bison Conservation Transfer Program. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"The 6th District primary was set in motion by Democratic mapmakers after Illinois\u2019 stagnant population cost the state a congressional seat. \u2014 John Keilman, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"In Illinois, Democratic Representative Sean Casten beat progressive Representative Marie Newman for a seat in suburban Chicago after a declining population cost the state a House seat. \u2014 Will Weissert, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"The city\u2019s population peaked at around 25,000 people within 20 years but has dwindled ever since. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"Other tribes sued, alleging they were shortchanged because the Treasury Department relied on inaccurate population data for tribes. \u2014 Fatima Hussein, ajc , 29 June 2022",
"The study excluded six counties where the Black population numbered fewer than 100 residents: Alpine, Sierra, Glenn, Mono, Trinity and Amador. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 29 June 2022",
"The demands of the workforce are changing, with the younger generations forming the majority of the working population . \u2014 Anand Inamdar, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"But when incomes in D.C. soared, the Black population fell. \u2014 Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Developers, brokers and other industry experts say there is room in the market for more space, particularly in areas where the population is growing rapidly, including Texas, Arizona and Florida. \u2014 Liz Young, WSJ , 29 June 2022"
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"a scruffy old poppet that had once belonged to my great grandmother",
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"In the Old World, hexing your enemies required use of candle magick, mysterious sigils or poppet dolls impaled by needles; in 2021, Nessa Barrett turns hexes into dark-pop hits. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Between 1902 and 1904, she was granted eight patents related to rotary engines, including sleeve-valve innovations that were improvements over conventional poppet valves. \u2014 John Greathouse, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Other events, Nunez says, have included poetry readings, concerts, tarot-card readings, artist gatherings, pop-up exhibits and workshops to make wands, intention poppets and other magical tools. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 2 Dec. 2019",
"Kate and William have the cutest nicknames for their kids: Kate calls Charlotte poppet , for example. \u2014 Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire , 23 May 2019"
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"The cardinals elected a new pope .",
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"But the pope has made clear that his own preference is to go to Moscow first. \u2014 Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Several people pointed out that the pope had made a deliberate decision not to have children and should have little say on the matter. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Francis was elected pope in 2013 on a mandate to reform the Roman Curia. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 5 June 2022",
"Francis was elected pope in 2013 on a mandate to reform the Roman Curia. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"Francis was elected pope in 2013 on a mandate to reform the Roman Curia. \u2014 Fox News , 5 June 2022",
"The operation involved removing half of the pope 's colon, and typically, surgeons connect the remaining right half to the healthy remnants of the large intestine. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 5 July 2021",
"The pope 's visit to the country is a first for the papacy and marks the first instance the pontiff has engaged in international travel since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Jake Dima, Washington Examiner , 7 Mar. 2021",
"It\u2019s the pope 's first international trip since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But history will recall that the flight occurred more than 60 years after Alan Shepard flew the same popgun trajectory aboard his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule, becoming the first American in space. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 11 July 2021",
"Compared to California, Florida\u2019s economy is a popgun . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2021",
"Its popgun cartridge was not much more than a pistol round. \u2014 David E. Petzal, Field & Stream , 22 Jan. 2019"
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"Several people pointed out that the pope had made a deliberate decision not to have children and should have little say on the matter. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Francis was elected pope in 2013 on a mandate to reform the Roman Curia. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 5 June 2022",
"Francis was elected pope in 2013 on a mandate to reform the Roman Curia. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"Francis was elected pope in 2013 on a mandate to reform the Roman Curia. \u2014 Fox News , 5 June 2022",
"The operation involved removing half of the pope 's colon, and typically, surgeons connect the remaining right half to the healthy remnants of the large intestine. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 5 July 2021",
"The pope 's visit to the country is a first for the papacy and marks the first instance the pontiff has engaged in international travel since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Jake Dima, Washington Examiner , 7 Mar. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The manner of Guild\u2019s death was natural and the causes were pulmonary thromboembolus, a blood clot in the lung, and a thrombus in the left popliteal vein, a vein in the leg, according to the coroner. \u2014 Matt Sledge, NOLA.com , 18 Oct. 2020",
"And so the Paralympian \u2014 who was born with popliteal pterygium syndrome and is a double above-knee amputee \u2014 took him up on the offer. \u2014 Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com , 14 Aug. 2020",
"The popliteal artery is behind the knee, and is the one damaged. \u2014 Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com , 30 Oct. 2017"
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"Lightweight linen blouses have a more easy, breezy feel to them whereas poplin blouses tend to feel a bit more structured and, thus, refined. \u2014 Eva Thomas, PEOPLE.com , 14 May 2022",
"On a recent Tuesday morning, Parker Posey met me outside her Chelsea apartment building, wearing a billowy black Rachel Comey skirt, a vintage navy poplin blouse, and nothing on her feet. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"Schumer and Sykes wore custom designs from La Ligne, cotton poplin and silk versions of the label\u2019s Bonne Nuit style. \u2014 Vogue , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Its cotton poplin , made with a blend of organic and recycled fibers, is crisp, breathable, and 100 percent recyclable. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson And Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Layer over a white t-shirt for an instant lift or with a crisp poplin shirt for a dash of modern minimalism. \u2014 Nicole Kliest, Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Mom of three Jennifer Garner recently shared a photo on Instagram while wearing Lake\u2019s cotton poplin pajamas. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Another midi dress on major markdown is this poplin dress with a pink floral pattern. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Founded in 2017 by textile designer and fashion entrepreneur Amy Voloshin, Printfresh is the go-to sleepwear brand for crisp cotton- poplin sets, sleepshirts, and more. \u2014 Laura Lajiness, Vogue , 24 Dec. 2021"
