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"alteration of Middle English shold , from Old English sceald \u2014 more at skeleton":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8sh\u014dl"
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"\u2014 Amanda Freitag",
"Another way to prevent overcooking is to shock the asparagus in an ice bath \u2026 The cold water will stop the cooking process as well as bring out the vegetable's naturally bright color and maintain its crisp texture.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among other suspension and mechanical features are a coil-over- shock front suspension, five-link/coil-spring rear suspension, a wide rear track, electric power steering, and standard automatic-locking rear differential. \u2014 G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle , 30 Apr. 2018",
"Among other suspension and mechanical features are a coil-over- shock front suspension, five-link/coil-spring rear suspension, a wide rear track, electric power steering, and standard automatic-locking rear differential. \u2014 G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle , 30 Apr. 2018",
"Among other suspension and mechanical features are a coil-over- shock front suspension, five-link/coil-spring rear suspension, a wide rear track, electric power steering, and standard automatic-locking rear differential. \u2014 G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle , 30 Apr. 2018",
"Among other suspension and mechanical features are a coil-over- shock front suspension, five-link/coil-spring rear suspension, a wide rear track, electric power steering, and standard automatic-locking rear differential. \u2014 G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle , 30 Apr. 2018",
"Among other suspension and mechanical features are a coil-over- shock front suspension, five-link/coil-spring rear suspension, a wide rear track, electric power steering, and standard automatic-locking rear differential. \u2014 G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle , 30 Apr. 2018",
"Among other suspension and mechanical features are a coil-over- shock front suspension, five-link/coil-spring rear suspension, a wide rear track, electric power steering, and standard automatic-locking rear differential. \u2014 G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle , 30 Apr. 2018",
"Among other suspension and mechanical features are a coil-over- shock front suspension, five-link/coil-spring rear suspension, a wide rear track, electric power steering, and standard automatic-locking rear differential. \u2014 G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle , 30 Apr. 2018",
"Among other suspension and mechanical features are a coil-over- shock front suspension, five-link/coil-spring rear suspension, a wide rear track, electric power steering, and standard automatic-locking rear differential. \u2014 G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle , 30 Apr. 2018"
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"\"Oh, no!\" Mrs. Quimby was shocked . \"How much is that going to cost",
"\u2014 Beverly Cleary",
"\u2026 I am so shocked to see him that I do not know what to do.",
"\u2014 Jane Austen"
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"\u2014 Stephen Jay Gould"
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"\u2014 Tim Layden"
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"The ending of the movie is a real shocker .",
"Their divorce was a shocker .",
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"A season later, the Warriors were historically great\u201473 regular season wins\u2014and lost a shocker to LeBron James and Cleveland. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"But Apple hates the idea ( shocker ) because that means about a billion devices will become obsolete. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"Sunday\u2019s presidential election in Colombia was a shocker . \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"For people who had not been paying close attention to all the big changes that have been taking place in the Texas barbecue scene for the past 10 years or so, that November 2021 issue was a surprise or even a shocker . \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"But Netflix also compounded the bad news by adding one more shocker . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 10 May 2022",
"No shocker here: Lindsay and Omar used the break to strategize, and Omar used it to turn Mike against would-be mastermind Hai Giang. \u2014 al , 4 May 2022",
"If this shocker of a report still does not say recession, the country\u2019s undeniable inflation problem makes clear that one is nonetheless on the horizon. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"That one\u2019s less surprising, as O\u2019Neale\u2019s frankly turned in a shocker of a defensive season. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"The number of young teenagers who smoke is shocking .",
"a shocking waste of money",
"The building is in a shocking state.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tom, Zenzi and Isaac embark on another capsule piece rescue mission; Claire gives Tom some rough news; Lorraine works on completing the Tubman Group Cotillion; Lino reveals something shocking to Isaac. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"During a wide-ranging conversation with Gayle King as part of the Tribeca Film Festival's Directors Series in New York City Monday, Perry, 52, addressed the shocking moment and the immediate aftermath. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"Her departure was a shocking moment for many in America\u2019s largest Protest denomination. \u2014 al , 23 May 2022",
"Even more shocking to Wall Street was the fact that the company\u2019s free cash flow turned negative for the quarter. \u2014 Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 May 2022",
"Garfield \u2014 who was nominated for best actor alongside Will Smith \u2014 said that his phone was blowing up after the shocking moment onstage. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"These lead to a shocking moment that nevertheless seems completely natural \u2014 and even necessary, completing the triangle. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"What was always shocking to me was how much fun the car was to drive with so little power. \u2014 Darin Johnson, Car and Driver , 11 Apr. 2022",
"While the Slap was undoubtedly a shocking moment, as others pointed out, however, the Academy has tolerated far worse than a single slap during a broadcast. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"first-rate",
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"They gave a shoddy performance.",
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"Recycled pop bottles are made into carpets and seat linings, and cotton shoddy \u2014used to make blue jeans\u2014is recycled and turned into sound insulation. \u2014 Katherine Lagrave, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 20 July 2018",
"That never quite offset his shoddy blocking, unfortunately, which cost him playing time last season. \u2014 Andy Benoit, SI.com , 8 May 2018",
"Coby Fleener is too unreliable as a receiver to offset his shoddy blocking. \u2014 Andy Benoit, SI.com , 25 Apr. 2018",
"Only traditional organic feeds such as the shoddy are allowed \u2014 Craig Ballinger, Slate Magazine , 20 Mar. 2017",
"In her motion for exoneration, filed in Wyandotte County District Court in June 2016, Pilate laid out a story of false arrest, conviction and imprisonment involving a shoddy and corrupted police investigation as well as prosecutorial misconduct. \u2014 Eric Adler, kansascity.com , 26 Apr. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But the Dodgers did outhit the Rockies in Sunday\u2019s loss and probably would have won if not for some shoddy defense. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Five missed free throws \u2013 four on one possession \u2013 two needless fouls, shoddy defense against a team with only one guy \u2013 yep, one guy \u2013 who was a threat to score. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Authorities acknowledge the building's owner and corrupt government officials allowed construction to continue at the Metropol Building despite concerns over its shoddy workmanship. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, ajc , 28 May 2022",
"What is surprising is that Google wants to charge $30 for such a shoddy accessory. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 25 May 2022",
"According to Bossavy, the most common risk is shoddy artistry. \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 25 May 2022",
"The Tigers beat the Pirates in Game 1, thanks to some shoddy Pittsburgh defense and solid bullpen work from Detroit. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
"The majority of bad convictions here are underpinned by police and prosecutorial misconduct, shoddy detective work, or investigatory techniques that have been discredited. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The former is a monument to shoddy Soviet construction, the comic ineptitude of perestroika, and nuclear disaster; the empty monitors and control panels might be a set for a dystopian science-fiction movie. \u2014 William Meyers, WSJ , 18 May 2022"
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"He took off his shoes and socks.",
"I wouldn't want to be in his shoes right now.",
"Anyone in her shoes would have done the same thing.",
"Verb",
"The blacksmith shod the horse.",
"The horse was taken to be shod .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Okabashi Brands announced plans Thursday to invest $20 million in a renovation of its Buford factory, aiming to double shoe -making capacity. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"This hobby then grew into a shoe -flipping business. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Often in the past, those acceptances were recorded earlier and shoe -horned into the telecast. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"The movie\u2019s shine is dulled by maddening contrivances (like the stepbrothers\u2019 repetitive threats to El, and the campaign to find him) and baffling time-wasting segments that feel shoe -horned into the plot. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 9 May 2022",
"Baggen spearheaded the shoe -painting project, with assistance from Wiederspohn and other students in the class. \u2014 Sage Smiley, Anchorage Daily News , 15 Apr. 2022",
"So are there disadvantages to having a shoe -free household",
"Fiesta is back in all its confetti-spraying, medal-clanking, shoe -showing glory this year. \u2014 Deborah Martin, Express News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The children learned history and geography, but also shoe -cobbling, sewing, butchery, and aircraft mechanics. \u2014 Rachel Lu, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In recent years, the European Union was seen as a likely contender to fill the collaborator shoes the U.S. has recently left unoccupied. \u2014 Justin Worland, Time , 21 May 2020",
"And amazingly, the GT shadowed the 600LT on the skidpad, pulling 1.01 g's to its Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R\u2013 shod brother's 1.11 g's. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 29 Apr. 2020",
"One of them, a blacksmith, was disowned for shoeing a war horse. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2020",
"Pretty much every outdoor winter sport was available, including the aforementioned snow- shoeing excursion with Juha Tuunanen, the hotel\u2019s CEO who offered us a fire-building lesson\u2014a necessary survival skill for any Lapland resident. \u2014 Caitlin Morton, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 12 Feb. 2020",
"Turbolook seventeen-inch wheels shod with Pirelli P700-Z tires (255/40ZR-17s in the back and 205/50ZR-17s up front) provide enough grip for 0.87 g of lateral acceleration. \u2014 Martin Padgett, Car and Driver , 27 Mar. 2020",
"These cleats come in extra small, small, medium, and large, which fits women shoe sizes 2.5 to 15 and men shoe sizes 1 to 13.5. \u2014 Popular Science , 5 Feb. 2020",
"This is the fourth lawsuit Nike has filed against Skechers, including one that accused Skechers of copying the iconic Chuck Taylor shoes that\u2019s been simmering for five years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Oct. 2019",
"Shari Redstone, who stepped into her father\u2019s shoes some time ago, will be the new chair of the board. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Aug. 2019"
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Burj al Arab Jumeirah puts each pair of shoes in individual bags to keep them separate from other clothes, while the St. Regis New York uses shoe trees . \u2014 Jessica Flint, WSJ , 3 Dec. 2018",
"The Burj al Arab Jumeirah puts each pair of shoes in individual bags to keep them separate from other clothes, while the St. Regis New York uses shoe trees . \u2014 Jessica Flint, WSJ , 3 Dec. 2018",
"Help maintain the shoe\u2019s shape, and soak up lingering sweat or rain, with cedar shoe trees . \u2014 James Lynch, Popular Mechanics , 19 Apr. 2018"
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": a large gray wading bird ( Balaeniceps rex ) related to the storks and herons that inhabits wetlands of eastern Africa and has a thick broad bill":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its specialized bill allows the shoebill to grab large prey, including lungfish, tilapia, eels, and snakes. \u2014 National Geographic , 26 June 2020"
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"1861, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1751, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 Otis Port"
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"Verb",
"A parking garage has been shoehorned between the buildings.",
"She's trying to shoehorn a year's worth of classes into a single semester.",
"I don't know how they managed to shoehorn everyone into that little room.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In his autobiography, her friend Hughes would recount a time when, mid-party, A\u2019Lelia started to cry about an ex-husband, retreating to her room and cradling a gold shoehorn her former lover had left her with. \u2014 Mayukh Sen, Bon App\u00e9tit , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Match your belt to your shoehorn , which should dangle from a gauge in your earlobe. \u2014 Colin Stokes, The New Yorker , 20 Apr. 2020",
"But the weapons in our bedroom were limited to a shoehorn , a flattening iron and a stack of hardcover books. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 1 July 2018",
"But this documentary feature is fascinating and infuriating in unequal parts, the latter far outweighing the former, since Mr. Jarecki\u2019s instrument is a shoehorn . \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 28 June 2018",
"In the closet was a cane-size shoehorn topped with a silver dog\u2019s head, Tom Wolfe-style. \u2014 Anthony Flint, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2018",
"Students used shoehorns and grapefruit knives to detach screens and squirm out windows, or stumbled out a basement exit into the stabbing cold. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2018",
"But what makes this shoehorn special is its length\u201430 inches\u2014which allows its 6-foot 3-inch owner to put on the snuggest of loafers without sitting or bending down. \u2014 Clifton Leaf, Fortune , 22 Dec. 2017",
"In between, the show shoehorns social media into as many segments as possible, with sometimes-cringeworthy results. \u2014 Maeve Mcdermott, USA TODAY , 11 Oct. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"With the mutual off day for the two teams and the Giants flying home from Washington, Monday became the day to shoehorn an extra Brewers-Giants game onto the schedule. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Six hours may in fact not be a large enough canvas for all that the writers want to accomplish \u2014 especially their efforts to shoehorn observations about how policing has changed after Gray\u2019s death in 2015. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
"In a particularly unfair turn, companies often shoehorn candidates with over 20 years of experience as being too set in their ways, Williams says, or hesitant to adapt or adjust. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Moreover, these super-sized condos came with amenities that would be difficult to shoehorn into the footprint of a townhouse, such as swimming pools, spas, and garage parking. \u2014 John Walkup, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Trying to shoehorn an hour-long weight training session into an already busy day while keeping up with all your other commitments isn\u2019t likely to be feasible. \u2014 Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Managers went from trying to shoehorn Windows onto smartphones, servers and networked appliances to bringing its services to platforms of all types. \u2014 Jon Markman, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Why are writers and politicians today trying so hard to shoehorn the word existential into sentences",
"No need to shoehorn ambitious and unsustainable resolutions into 2022 planning. \u2014 Allison Hope, CNN , 16 Jan. 2022"
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"1589, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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"\u02c8sh\u00fc-\u02cch\u022frn"
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"cram",
"crowd",
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"\u2014 Steven Fuller"
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": to furnish with a shoe":[]
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"Noun",
"She bought a pair of shoes .",
"He took off his shoes and socks.",
"I wouldn't want to be in his shoes right now.",
"Anyone in her shoes would have done the same thing.",
"Verb",
"The blacksmith shod the horse.",
"The horse was taken to be shod .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Okabashi Brands announced plans Thursday to invest $20 million in a renovation of its Buford factory, aiming to double shoe -making capacity. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"This hobby then grew into a shoe -flipping business. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Often in the past, those acceptances were recorded earlier and shoe -horned into the telecast. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"The movie\u2019s shine is dulled by maddening contrivances (like the stepbrothers\u2019 repetitive threats to El, and the campaign to find him) and baffling time-wasting segments that feel shoe -horned into the plot. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 9 May 2022",
"Baggen spearheaded the shoe -painting project, with assistance from Wiederspohn and other students in the class. \u2014 Sage Smiley, Anchorage Daily News , 15 Apr. 2022",
"So are there disadvantages to having a shoe -free household",
"Fiesta is back in all its confetti-spraying, medal-clanking, shoe -showing glory this year. \u2014 Deborah Martin, Express News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The children learned history and geography, but also shoe -cobbling, sewing, butchery, and aircraft mechanics. \u2014 Rachel Lu, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In recent years, the European Union was seen as a likely contender to fill the collaborator shoes the U.S. has recently left unoccupied. \u2014 Justin Worland, Time , 21 May 2020",
"And amazingly, the GT shadowed the 600LT on the skidpad, pulling 1.01 g's to its Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R\u2013 shod brother's 1.11 g's. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 29 Apr. 2020",
"One of them, a blacksmith, was disowned for shoeing a war horse. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2020",
"Pretty much every outdoor winter sport was available, including the aforementioned snow- shoeing excursion with Juha Tuunanen, the hotel\u2019s CEO who offered us a fire-building lesson\u2014a necessary survival skill for any Lapland resident. \u2014 Caitlin Morton, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 12 Feb. 2020",
"Turbolook seventeen-inch wheels shod with Pirelli P700-Z tires (255/40ZR-17s in the back and 205/50ZR-17s up front) provide enough grip for 0.87 g of lateral acceleration. \u2014 Martin Padgett, Car and Driver , 27 Mar. 2020",
"These cleats come in extra small, small, medium, and large, which fits women shoe sizes 2.5 to 15 and men shoe sizes 1 to 13.5. \u2014 Popular Science , 5 Feb. 2020",
"This is the fourth lawsuit Nike has filed against Skechers, including one that accused Skechers of copying the iconic Chuck Taylor shoes that\u2019s been simmering for five years. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Oct. 2019",
"Shari Redstone, who stepped into her father\u2019s shoes some time ago, will be the new chair of the board. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Aug. 2019"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"Middle English shoo , from Old English sc\u014dh ; akin to Old High German scuoh shoe":"Noun"
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"\u02c8sh\u00fc"
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"big buck(s)",
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"Noun",
"trying to start a business on a shoestring",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On a shoestring budget driven by donations, Porreca, the pantry\u2019s vice president, said the repair set them significantly back. \u2014 Simon Levien, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"That said, even a shoestring budget can go far on social media. \u2014 Alison Coleman, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Alex Khalil, a Jenkintown Borough Council member and the only woman in the race, ran on a shoestring budget and never broke through. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
"Produced through Concorde-New Horizons, the first live-action take on the iconic Marvel Comics group, directed by Oley Sassone, was primarily made (on a shoestring budget) in order for the late Bernd Eichinger to keep the Fantastic Four film rights. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
"In the beginning [of my career], everything was on a shoestring budget. \u2014 Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"For solitude on a shoestring , Scribner\u2019s suggested an exotic last recourse\u2014a retreat into nature with only a tent and modest provisions. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, an independent library and archive of LGBTQ materials, has always operated on a shoestring budget with a priceless mission. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The resilience of this underdog squad with a shoestring budget dates back to the stretch of 27 days in December and January when the Omicron variant ravaged Saint Peter\u2019s and left them unable to play a single game. \u2014 Ben Cohen, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Recent polls show that public opinion of Trump is souring as former Vice President Joe Biden pulls ahead in crucial swing states, despite a shoestring campaign and self-confinement to his Delaware home. \u2014 Justin Sink, Bloomberg.com , 12 May 2020",
"In 2016, the Trump campaign relied on stadium rallies, TV appearances and social media to compensate for its shoestring budget and thin staffing. \u2014 Jennifer Epstein, Bloomberg.com , 7 May 2020",
"In Greater Cincinnati, a mighty, mostly volunteer needle-exchange effort on a shoestring budget started in 2014. \u2014 Terry Demio, USA TODAY , 15 Dec. 2019",
"In the process, mom-and-pops, immigrant-run shops, and small, shoestring operations were often sidelined, not given their full due. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Sep. 2019",
"Interviews with more than a dozen former employees and business partners provide a deeper look inside an organization that ballooned from a shoestring operation in the 1990s into a behemoth rivaling Wall Street\u2019s largest firms. \u2014 Rachael Levy, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2020",
"In Greater Cincinnati, a mighty, mostly volunteer needle-exchange effort on a shoestring budget started in 2014. \u2014 Terry Demio, USA TODAY , 15 Dec. 2019",
"In Greater Cincinnati, a mighty, mostly volunteer needle-exchange effort on a shoestring budget started in 2014. \u2014 Terry Demio, USA TODAY , 15 Dec. 2019",
"In Greater Cincinnati, a mighty, mostly volunteer needle-exchange effort on a shoestring budget started in 2014. \u2014 Terry Demio, USA TODAY , 15 Dec. 2019"
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"1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"hay",
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"pittance",
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": the horn of a ruminant animal and usually a ram blown as a trumpet by the ancient Hebrews in battle and during religious observances and used in modern Judaism especially during Rosh Hashanah and at the end of Yom Kippur":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The illustrations include a man blowing a shofar while propping up one leg on a platform. \u2014 Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
"One blew a shofar , the ram\u2019s horn normally used in Jewish religious ceremonies that has been appropriated by Christian evangelicals. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Enjoy live music, a shofar demonstration and roving entertainment on both days. \u2014 Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 July 2021",
"Members are being encouraged to make their own shofar and learn to blow it themselves, to conduct long contemplative nature walks on Yom Kippur and to generally take ownership of their own High Holiday experience. \u2014 Ben Harris, sun-sentinel.com , 25 Aug. 2020",
"Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, arrived this year in September with the sounding of the shofar . \u2014 New York Times , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Both Klein and Glatt agreed that a short, outdoor shofar -blowing service would be relatively safe. \u2014 Shira Hanau, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Sep. 2020",
"The ram\u2019s horn, or shofar , is sounded throughout the Jewish high holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur as a call for Jews to reflect, reform and repent. \u2014 Joe Lieberman, WSJ , 9 Sep. 2021",
"There are many interpretations of the shofar \u2019s meaning. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2021"
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"1833, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8sh\u014d-\u02ccf\u00e4r"
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": a liquid unsaturated phenolic ketone C 17 H 24 O 3 that constitutes one of the pungent principles of ginger and is synthesized by condensation of zingerone and hexanal":[]
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"Verb",
"We tried to help her, but she shooed us away.",
"He shooed the cat out of the house.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Hartley rushed across the camp loop to watch as other campers and Anchorage Health Department workers attempted to shoo the bears away with the airhorn, shouts and clapping. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2022",
"But there was no cabin in the woods, no pan-banging to shoo away strangers, nor any little girl holed up in a pioneer dress. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"He, his brother, Clifton, and their younger sister, Georgia, were raised in life jackets and learned survival skills, such as how to dig clams for dinner and shoo away black bears, early on. \u2014 Jen Murphy, Robb Report , 7 May 2022",
"In one house, an elderly woman asked for Robredo campaign materials, even while her husband tried to shoo the volunteers away. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"Suddenly, El Troudi seemed to be trying to shoo people off the train. \u2014 William Neuman, The Atlantic , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The city of Sunnyvale in Northern California recently employed a secret weapon to shoo away thousands of nesting crows from its popular downtown area: lasers. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 12 Feb. 2022",
"However, lasers are a humane way to shoo away crows, according to the Humane Society of America. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Inside 67 Orange Street, a small bar in Harlem, the speakers played Bad Bunny, the drinks came in various colors and patrons were ready to shoo away 2021, some with Scotch in hand. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Dec. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Interjection",
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"\u02c8sh\u00fc"
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"antonyms":[],
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": one that is a certain and easy winner":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8sh\u00fc-\u02ccin"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214156",
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"noun"
]
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"akin to Middle Low German sch\u014dde covering, pod, Old High German sc\u014dta , Old English h\u0233d skin, hide":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": a rich pie of Pennsylvania Dutch origin made of molasses or brown sugar sprinkled with a crumbly mixture of flour, sugar, and butter":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Surrounded today by its own mini-Beltway, the town that welcomed German dissenters in 1729, served briefly as the U.S. capital and put shoofly pie on the map is a bustling small city. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Then the bake-off round involves a dessert inspired by the Pennsylvania classic shoofly pie . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2021",
"Since then, the area\u2019s tourism industry, offering traditional treats like shoofly pies and buggy rides, has boomed. \u2014 Kevin Williams, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a bundle of parts (as of boxes) ready to be put together":[],
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"1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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": to drag or scrape along : shamble , shuffle":[],
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"origin unknown":"Intransitive verb"
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"\"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081841",
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"\u02c8sh\u00fcn",
"\u02c8sh\u014dn"
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"\u02c8sh\u00fcp"
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"his feet shot out from under him"
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"shooting rapids"
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"guns that shoot many miles"
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": to push or slide (something, such as the bolt of a door or lock) into or out of a fastening":[],
": to push or thrust forward : stick out":[
"toads shooting out their tongues"
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": to put forth in growing":[],
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": to send forth with suddenness or intensity":[
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],
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": to take a picture or series of pictures or television images of : photograph , film":[],
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": to use up by or as if by betting : exhaust":[
"shot his annual bonus on a shady deal"
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"shoot out a stream of invective"
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": to venture all one's capital on one play":[]
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"Does this gun shoot accurately",
"He shot at the deer.",
"The enemy was shooting at the rescue helicopter.",
"She shot the arrow into the air.",
"I tried shooting a gun for the first time.",
"He shot a spitball into the girl's hair.",
"a stunt in which she was shot from a cannon",
"He shot two deer this hunting season.",
"The police shot the suspect in the leg.",
"She accidentally shot herself in the foot.",
"Noun",
"Small green shoots grew from the base of the tree.",
"She is currently on a movie shoot in London.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"By the time of the shoot , Divine, Stole, and Lochary were Waters regulars, having all appeared in the director's previous films, 1969's Mondo Trasho and 1970's Multiple Maniacs. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 28 June 2022",
"So that\u2019s a case of nonprofessional actors appearing in the shoot ",
"Allen\u2019s audio frequently dropped and Baldwin had to shout for help at home in Spanish and trouble- shoot tech issues in the middle of the Live chat. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"Laura Laprida are joining the cast of the new season, which is scheduled for a 11-week shoot on location in and around the city of Madrid. \u2014 Emiliano De Pablos, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"See more images from the retro photo shoot of Corgis, cats and other chic pets below, and shop more from the Gucci Pet collection here. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 June 2022",
"In both the southern Provence region as well as France's celebrated Champagne district, Pitt's winemaking ventures \u2014 as well as his off- shoot projects \u2014 continue forging ahead. \u2014 Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"On plants that are already growing, remove all but the most vigorously growing shoot near the base of the plant. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
"Move to 2 complete shuttle runs and 5 shoot -through reps. \u2014 Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health , 24 June 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1876, in the meaning defined above":"Interjection",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)":"Verb"
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"Middle English schot, schote projectile, new growth, in part from shoten , verb, in part from Old English sceot shot":"Noun",
"Middle English sheten, shoten, shuten , from Old English sc\u0113otan ; akin to Old Norse skj\u014dta to shoot":"Verb",
"euphemism for shit":"Interjection"
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"\u02c8sh\u00fct"
],
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"blast",
"discharge",
"fire",
"loose",
"squeeze off"
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"type":[
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
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"shoot down a theory"
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"shoot down legislation"
]
},
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"nowadays the aging activist is routinely shot down in most quarters of the media and dismissed as an irrelevant crank",
"every one of my fund-raising ideas was shot down by the other club members"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1657, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"laugh (at)",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"scout",
"skewer"
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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": the final completely detailed version of a motion-picture script in which scenes are grouped in the order most convenient for shooting":[],
": the final version of a television script used in the production of a program":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The words poured out of Branagh, taking him roughly eight weeks to assemble into a shooting script . \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Studios interested in backing the Oppenheimer picture were allowed to see Nolan\u2019s shooting script , but were asked to read it at the director\u2019s office to avoid leaks. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 14 Sep. 2021",
"In the shooting script for A New Hope, the mentor figure, Obi-Wan Kenobi, survives to the end rather than dying midway through. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 21 June 2021",
"Improvisation can be a powerful tool for developing characters and getting at their inner lives; the great English filmmaker Mike Leigh works with his actors for weeks before formalizing their intuitions and inventions into a shooting script . \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 9 Aug. 2018",
"Along with Boseman\u2019s costume, the museum will feature a shooting script signed by co-writer and director Ryan Coogler, producer and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, executive producer Nate Moore, and co-writer and producer Joe Robert Cole. \u2014 Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge , 26 June 2018",
"Ramis had left large gaps throughout the shooting script for Murray to fill in later. \u2014 Chris Nashawaty, SI.com , 17 Apr. 2018",
"That said, a finished shooting script isn't actually always final. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 22 Feb. 2018",
"In both screenwriter Charles Lederer\u2019s final draft of the shooting script , dated 1939, and in the film itself, the Chicago indicators run rampant. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 8 Mar. 2018"
],
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"circa 1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185036",
"type":[
"noun"
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": a visual meteor appearing as a temporary streak of light in the night sky":[],
": any of several North American perennial herbs (genus Dodecatheon , especially D. meadia ) of the primrose family that have entire oblong leaves and showy flowers with reflexed petals":[],
": one resembling a shooting star especially in sudden and temporary brilliance":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Lora Lee was a shooting star \u2014 one that would quickly crash-land. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"Wildflowers found at various elevations include mountain shooting star , Western columbine, Elephant\u2019s Head, and slim larkspur. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022",
"But Lora Lee was a shooting star \u2014 one that would quickly crash-land. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Arnold\u2019s signature wrestling move is the shooting star press. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 5 May 2022",
"Perhaps this comes down to which shooting star can carry his team, Kansas\u2019s Ochai Agbaji or Carolina\u2019s Caleb Love. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Suddenly, Poole is a shooting star in both senses, handling the ball, breaking down defenses, working the offense. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Beneath the glass case, which was crafted at the Fluid workshop in Belle-\u00cele, France, a shooting star in gold, diamonds and rubies indicates the time on a 24-hour dial. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Women aficionados have not been forgotten in the mix\u2014after all, says Renier, ladies\u2019 watches represent half the brand\u2019s production\u2013including a new movement this year in the Rendez-Vous Dazzling Star, a complication that simulates a shooting star . \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 18 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181815",
"type":[
"noun"
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": a building or room stocked with merchandise for sale : store":[],
": a business establishment : office":[
"a public relations shop"
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": a commercial establishment for the making or repair of goods or machinery":[
"machine shop",
"repair shop"
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"a sandwich shop"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"I took the car to the shop to get new brakes.",
"I am taking shop this semester.",
"I made a table in shop .",
"The wood shop is down the hall.",
"Verb",
"Where do you like to shop ",
"I like to shop at locally owned stores.",
"She is shopping for a new car.",
"Many people now shop online.",
"She's shopping her idea for a film.",
"His own mother shopped him to the police.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The overnight fire gutted Java Monkey and forced half of the shop to be torn down. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 1 July 2022",
"There\u2019s even an initiative whereby local Figeacois pay homage to Egypt in their shop windows. \u2014 Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"About 350 hourly workers are temporarily laid off there, but 100 skilled trades employees continue to work, said shop chairman Scott Harwick of UAW Local 22, which represents hourly workers at Factory ZERO. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 30 June 2022",
"The storm held no greater meaning for To Wo, who ran the noodle shop with his family. \u2014 New York Times , 30 June 2022",
"The current paint shop can handle two jetliners at a time. \u2014 al , 30 June 2022",
"This shop that carries kitchen, pantry, dining and entertainment products is collecting signatures at both its 44th Street and Scottsdale Quarter stores. \u2014 Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic , 30 June 2022",
"The shop was later dropped from the lawsuit when a judge dismissed the complaint against Remington in 2016. \u2014 CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"Indeed there was a certain amount of snobbery about the idea of using shop -brand goods. \u2014 Kate Hardcastle, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Here, 23 of the very best Fourth of July beauty sales available to shop now that make enjoying a long weekend even sweeter. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 July 2022",
"Shoppers want, indeed expect, fast, easy and frictionless ways to shop . \u2014 Ravi Annavajjhala, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"There's also tons of places to shop , eat and see the arts and entertainment scene. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"The list above represents our honest opinion of the best sheets on Amazon to shop in 2022. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 22 June 2022",
"Chad was working at a grocery store in their town of Castro Valley, California, and Amy, then 18, came in with her mom to shop . \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"With all the cute bucket hats out there, our fiber scientists in the Good Housekeeping Institute Textiles Lab know all the smart ways to shop . \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022",
"After months of waiting, the line is finally available to shop . \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 15 June 2022",
"Having new money, through the addition of a minority owner, would give the front office greater flexibility in pursuing meaningful free agents, rather than having to consistently shop in the low end of the free agent market. \u2014 Jim Ingraham, Forbes , 17 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1806, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English shoppe , from Old English sceoppa booth; akin to Old High German scopf shed":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4p"
],
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"bazaar",
"emporium",
"store"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001622",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shop (for)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"to go in search of engineers are still shopping around for solutions to several critical flaws in the aircraft's design"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-132459",
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"verb"
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"\u2014 opposed to field rivet"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130020",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shop steward":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a union member elected as the union representative of a shop or department in dealings with the management":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Well, one thing is the on-set shop steward program that was just initiated. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"The ragged labor agitator becomes the shop steward , then the union boss, and the propinquity of the bargaining table supplies the fellow with new best friends. \u2014 David Mamet, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Staffing at the store where Dancy works is at its worst level since the pandemic, lower even than during the first wave in March 2020, said the 62-year-old shop steward for the local United Food and Commercial Workers union. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 13 Jan. 2022",
"At first, her only ally was Roy Soria, a kind-hearted TWU shop steward in her Chicago flight attendant base. \u2014 Ted Reed, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Beckemeyer, the shop steward who serves as a union representative, said Fred Meyer offered employees KN95 masks by request to help with the smoke but still required them to work long hours and meet their usual hourly quotas. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 20 May 2021",
"Her husband of more than 40 years, Frank Stokes, a Locke Insulator shop steward , carryout shop owner and Morgan State University employee, died in 1993. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 2 Apr. 2021",
"Ora McClendon, who was previously a senior shop steward at another workplace, said many employees who talk about joining a union do not realize how basic interaction with management would change. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Since becoming a shop steward , in 2014, Layne has spent his off hours on union tasks. \u2014 Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker , 24 Aug. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064221",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": to look throughout a store for something":[
"They shopped the store in search of gift ideas."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184037",
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"idiom"
]
},
"shop the stores":{
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": to look throughout stores for something":[
"They shopped the stores in search of gift ideas."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051629",
"type":[
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]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
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},
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"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4p-\u02ccs\u022fi(-\u0259)ld"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001104",
"type":[
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"repair shop"
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": to examine the stock or offerings of":[
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": to make a search : hunt":[
"shopping around for a better idea"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I took the car to the shop to get new brakes.",
"I am taking shop this semester.",
"I made a table in shop .",
"The wood shop is down the hall.",
"Verb",
"Where do you like to shop ",
"I like to shop at locally owned stores.",
"She is shopping for a new car.",
"Many people now shop online.",
"She's shopping her idea for a film.",
"His own mother shopped him to the police.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The overnight fire gutted Java Monkey and forced half of the shop to be torn down. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 1 July 2022",
"There\u2019s even an initiative whereby local Figeacois pay homage to Egypt in their shop windows. \u2014 Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"About 350 hourly workers are temporarily laid off there, but 100 skilled trades employees continue to work, said shop chairman Scott Harwick of UAW Local 22, which represents hourly workers at Factory ZERO. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 30 June 2022",
"The storm held no greater meaning for To Wo, who ran the noodle shop with his family. \u2014 New York Times , 30 June 2022",
"The current paint shop can handle two jetliners at a time. \u2014 al , 30 June 2022",
"This shop that carries kitchen, pantry, dining and entertainment products is collecting signatures at both its 44th Street and Scottsdale Quarter stores. \u2014 Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic , 30 June 2022",
"The shop was later dropped from the lawsuit when a judge dismissed the complaint against Remington in 2016. \u2014 CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"Indeed there was a certain amount of snobbery about the idea of using shop -brand goods. \u2014 Kate Hardcastle, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Here, 23 of the very best Fourth of July beauty sales available to shop now that make enjoying a long weekend even sweeter. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 July 2022",
"Shoppers want, indeed expect, fast, easy and frictionless ways to shop . \u2014 Ravi Annavajjhala, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"There's also tons of places to shop , eat and see the arts and entertainment scene. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"The list above represents our honest opinion of the best sheets on Amazon to shop in 2022. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 22 June 2022",
"Chad was working at a grocery store in their town of Castro Valley, California, and Amy, then 18, came in with her mom to shop . \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"With all the cute bucket hats out there, our fiber scientists in the Good Housekeeping Institute Textiles Lab know all the smart ways to shop . \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022",
"After months of waiting, the line is finally available to shop . \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 15 June 2022",
"Having new money, through the addition of a minority owner, would give the front office greater flexibility in pursuing meaningful free agents, rather than having to consistently shop in the low end of the free agent market. \u2014 Jim Ingraham, Forbes , 17 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1806, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2":"Verb"
},
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"Ukrainian officials said that on Monday, several missiles hit a shopping center , hotels, and a warehouse, leaving one person dead and five injured. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 10 May 2022",
"Its amenities will include more than three thousand single-family homes, multiple spas, an equestrian center, a shopping center , and seven hundred and fifty hotel rooms. \u2014 Emily Witt, The New Yorker , 3 May 2022",
"But the blaze also burned through eight businesses at a shopping center in Louisville, including a nail salon and a Subway restaurant. \u2014 Fox News , 3 Jan. 2022",
"But the blaze also burned through eight businesses at a shopping center in Louisville, including a nail salon and a Subway restaurant. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Officials say two woman began a physical fight at the shopping center at 35th Avenue and Bethany Home Road. \u2014 Brock Blasdell, The Arizona Republic , 9 May 2022",
"According to police, the victim was at the shopping center at the corner of Mayfield and Biltmore roads at about 6:30 p.m. when another vehicle pulled into the parking lot. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 8 May 2022",
"The location, in a shopping center at Howard Avenue, previously was Shah Jee\u2019s and Awan\u2019s Desi Cuisine. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In October, the city completed its purchase of the Twin Aire shopping center at Southeastern Avenue and East Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive, and plans are in the works for its redevelopment. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Apr. 2022"
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"There was a lot of shoptalk at the office party.",
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"In between performances and shoptalk , Saul and Caprice are drawn into overlapping intrigues involving a dead child and an inner-beauty pageant. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"The structure doesn\u2019t mimic memory so much as the marathon conversations between Amis and Hitchens, some replicated here, that roved between history, gossip, craft, shoptalk . \u2014 Parul Sehgal, New York Times , 20 Oct. 2020",
"But as at any industry gathering, shoptalk is hard to avoid. \u2014 Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times , 3 Feb. 2020",
"My mother was becoming increasingly wary of the stir-crazy shoptalk from a group of 40-year-old guys who were three trail beers away from skiing down the mountain to their deaths. \u2014 Kaitlin Phillips, Vogue , 13 Feb. 2018",
"Listening to Chicago law enforcement shoptalk is a lot of fun. \u2014 Elissa Schappell, Vanities , 18 Oct. 2017",
"Listening to Chicago law enforcement shoptalk is a lot of fun. \u2014 Elissa Schappell, vanityfair.com , 18 Oct. 2017",
"Friends called it candid shoptalk by perfectionists who respected each other intellectually, emotionally and professionally. \u2014 Robert D. Mcfadden, New York Times , 13 Apr. 2016"
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"the shopworn suggestion to job applicants to \u201cjust be yourself\u201d",
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"Carson said \u2014 50 times Carson\u2019s office, on a quiet street in downtown Modesto, was gritty and shopworn and functional in feel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2021",
"If your listing has become shopworn , look at reducing the price or offering incentives. \u2014 John Nugent, Houston Chronicle , 4 July 2020",
"If your listing has become shopworn , look at reducing the price or offering incentives. \u2014 John Nugent, Houston Chronicle , 4 July 2020",
"If your listing has become shopworn , look at reducing the price or offering incentives. \u2014 John Nugent, Houston Chronicle , 4 July 2020",
"If your listing has become shopworn , look at reducing the price or offering incentives. \u2014 John Nugent, Houston Chronicle , 4 July 2020",
"If your listing has become shopworn , look at reducing the price or offering incentives. \u2014 John Nugent, Houston Chronicle , 4 July 2020",
"If your listing has become shopworn , look at reducing the price or offering incentives. \u2014 John Nugent, Houston Chronicle , 4 July 2020",
"And a shopworn new wave dance hit floods a dull world with the radiance of a neon rainbow. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 16 Dec. 2019"
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": situated at or near a shore":[]
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"shoreside recreation contributes mightily to the region's economy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The site of the annual International Sand Sculpting Festival (which will be held this year July 22-24), Revere Beach offers the chance to enjoy the shoreside breeze just miles from the heart of Boston. \u2014 Dana Gerber, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
"De Bonis says the tender market for shoreside villas has also exploded, adding pressure to production. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Its tenders can carry ATVs for shoreside exploration. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 28 Jan. 2022",
"In 1995, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission, reflecting Department of Defense disinterest in basing ships in the Marianas Islands, ripped the heart out of the U.S. Navy\u2019s shoreside establishment at Guam. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"And at the same time as cases surge shoreside , the numbers of COVID cases reported on cruise ships are starting to stack up again. \u2014 Morgan Hines, USA TODAY , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Divesting shoreside support to reinvest in vessels that cannot be repaired in the Western Pacific theatre is foolishness. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"More than 100 government personnel were in charge of shoreside response. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Led by naturalist guides through this archipelago\u2019s unique environment, up to 14 guests will move between the 237-foot yacht and shoreside excursions. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 13 Aug. 2021"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Beyond wind, lake ice also can move shoreward when sudden temperature swings force the ice to expand and contract. \u2014 Michael Greshko, National Geographic , 25 Feb. 2019"
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": a system or group of shores":[],
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Near- shoring is attractive right now for myriad reasons. \u2014 Deepak Chhugani, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Airbag lifts, hydraulic tools, pneumatic shoring devices and other instruments were used to rescue four survivors trapped under the rubble, according to the memo. \u2014 Ray Sanchez And Kevin Conlon, CNN , 22 May 2022",
"Promoters of friend- shoring see it as a chance to revamp global supply chains to reduce their reliance on countries with autocratic governments and nonmarket economies, namely China and Russia. \u2014 Yuka Hayashi, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"Sourcing suppliers domestically and near- shoring are trends well underway in year three of the COVID era. \u2014 Greg Petro, Forbes , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Intel\u2019s turnaround plan depends on significant taxpayer subsidies from the U.S. and Europe to support his re- shoring of chip manufacturing. \u2014 Alan Murray, Fortune , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The move would serve as a sort of political olive branch to the mining industry, which feels it has been shunned amid the Biden administration\u2019s push to embrace the green energy transition and on- shoring of domestic production capabilities. \u2014 Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"To that end, Vance, Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) have all called for a re- shoring of American industry. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 30 Jan. 2022",
"This could be a catalyst for near shoring and more reliable supply chains. \u2014 Steve Banker, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022"
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"short of cash",
"short on brains"
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"a short vacation"
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"the throw to first was short"
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"a short loan"
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": refuse, clippings, or trimmings discarded in various manufacturing processes":[],
": seeming to pass quickly":[
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"The electrical system also received upgrades: Most rooms had only three or fewer outlets, and plugging in multiple devices usually shorted the circuit.",
"\u2014 Steven Wyman-Blackburn",
"The housing association gave her a \"temperamental\" electric shower but this cannot be used as the time as other electric items\u2014including the television\u2014as it will cause the circuit to short .",
"\u2014 Anna Slater",
"\u2014 often used with out in U.S. English \u2026 microscopic particles of airborne dust are large enough to short out the chip's circuitry. \u2014 Michael Rothschild \u2026 were sabotaging the system by deliberately entering incorrect information into the computers and, if all else failed, hosing the computers down until they shorted out . \u2014 John Sedgwick"
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"When she returned minutes later, she handed me a twenty-dollar bill and a five. No change and no receipt, which meant I couldn't call her on the fact that she'd shorted Henry by sixty-six cents.",
"\u2014 Sue Grafton"
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": the sum and substance : upshot":[],
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"a heavily shorted stock",
"Today [in 2003], only two per cent of all United States stock-market shares are shorted , and even with looser restrictions short selling is likely to remain uncommon.",
"\u2014 James Surowiecki"
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"Adjective",
"One of my legs is slightly shorter than the other.",
"He is short for his age.",
"the shortest day of the year",
"Life's too short to worry about the past.",
"The movie was very short .",
"You have done a lot in a short space of time.",
"a short burst of speed",
"I've only lived here for a short time.",
"She has made great progress in a few short years.",
"He visited for two short weeks.",
"Adverb",
"He threw the ball short .",
"the bicyclist ahead of me unexpectedly pulled up short and I unavoidably plowed into him",
"Noun",
"The short before the main movie was very funny.",
"Verb",
"The lightning shorted the TV.",
"The hair dryer must have shorted .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"After uttering our unstifled oohs and ahs over the cityscape and waterways below us, our table of four found the menu to be unexpectedly, but admirably, short , with a shellfish section, nine apps and eight mains. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 6 July 2022",
"Navy Region Southwest, which also manages the child care centers on local Marine bases, is short about 400 providers \u2014 including the staff needed for two new centers yet to open at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. \u2014 Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 July 2022",
"Hosted by a former homicide prosecutor and a former deputy-sheriff-turned-investigative-journalist, Anatomy of Murder from Audiochuck is somewhat short on crackling narrative detail, but makes up for it by showcasing more of an insider perspective. \u2014 Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone , 3 July 2022",
"All the songs are disarmingly short , and with curious creepy netherworld-lounge interludes. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 2 July 2022",
"Expat is short for expatriates, those who live outside their native country. \u2014 Tre'vaughn Howard, CBS News , 2 July 2022",
"My first screenplay was very short , based on one of Mark\u2019s anecdotes. \u2014 Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic , 1 July 2022",
"The ceremony itself was short , lasting just over four minutes. \u2014 Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"The Love and Thunder sequel is going to be surprisingly short for an MCU movie. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 1 July 2022",
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"That seems noteworthy even if our national political climate is the leading culprit for why many folks seem to have a short fuse . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"There\u2019s a reason Utah is not on Ford or Apple\u2019s short list , The Tribune\u2019s Editorial Board writes. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2021",
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"Senegal\u2019s health minister, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, told local media the blaze appeared to have been caused by a short circuit , Reuters reported. \u2014 Anisha Kukreja, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
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"The fire was blamed on an electrical short circuit at the Abdoul Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital in Tivaouane, a town 75 miles northeast of the capital, Dakar, Mayor Demba Diop said. \u2014 Babacar Dione, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
"The country's health minister, Diouf Sarr, said the fire likely started from an electrical short circuit . \u2014 Kelsee Majette, The Week , 26 May 2022"
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"The short-eared owl can be found in prairies and wetlands, unlike most other owls who live in forests, Williams said. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 13 Feb. 2022",
"The notables were two cackling geese at the campus pond on the UMass campus in Amherst, a short-eared owl at the Honey Pot in Hadley, and a clay-colored sparrow in Easthampton. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Recent bird sightings as reported to the Mass. Audubon Society: Greater Boston: A stilt sandpiper and a short-eared owl were seen in the Summer Street sector of Belle Isle Marsh in Winthrop. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Nov. 2019",
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"Cleveland\u2019s shortstop is batting .356 in that stretch with 21 hits and seven RBI. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 2 July 2022",
"The San Diego Padres haven\u2019t had their All-Star shortstop for a single inning this season. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"The sophomore right-hander struck out five in a row over the third and fourth innings and got a big defensive play from shortstop Jacob Gonzalez to keep the perfect game alive in the fifth. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 26 June 2022",
"Other position players on the shelf include shortstop Wander Franco (quad), second baseman Brandon Lowe (back) and catcher Mike Zunino (shoulder). \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Michael Turner found a hole on the left side just off shortstop Jacob Gonzalez's glove for an RBI single, his fifth of the CWS, to plate Wallace and make it 3-1. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 23 June 2022",
"Louisville centerfielder Levi Usher and Kentucky shortstop Ryan Ritter were named ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners Wednesday, the two programs announced. \u2014 Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal , 22 June 2022",
"The junior finished with five home runs, second-most in the county, and was strong defensively as the Wildecats\u2019 shortstop . \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 21 June 2022",
"Notably, Pe\u00f1a does lead former Astros shortstop Carlos Correa, who is sixth in voting at 186,403. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 21 June 2022"
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"Having short-term memory helps, and that is in terms of both wins and losses. \u2014 Roger Lockridge, Men's Health , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Far from just making employees feel sleepy, fatigue can slow reaction times, reduce focus, impair judgment and limit short-term memory . \u2014 Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"Gilley had been suffering from short-term memory loss, and credited the surgery with halting the onset of dementia. \u2014 Chron , 7 May 2022",
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"Sometimes, the exhaustion becomes overwhelming, her body aches, short-term memory loss makes conversations difficult, gastrointestinal issues are unrelenting, and there has been a constant, disruptive ringing in her ears. \u2014 Jacqueline Howard, CNN , 2 May 2022",
"Despite being 15-point underdogs, senior guard Eric Ayala sidelined with a wrist injury and Purdue being one of the nation\u2019s best offensive teams, the Terps showed the importance of having a short-term memory . \u2014 Ryan Mcfadden, baltimoresun.com , 13 Feb. 2022"
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"Spilka and House Speaker Ron Mariano just announced a legislative hearing to explore the reasons why the MBTA seems to be falling apart, following the adoption of less frequent light-rail service on weekdays because of a dispatcher shortage . \u2014 Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"Because of the shortage , airlines can't keep as many pilots or crew members on standby, leading to more frequent service disruptions. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 23 June 2022",
"Harteveldt said pilots currently have leverage in negotiations because of a pilot shortage and widespread flight delays and cancellations. \u2014 David Koenig, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"In London, Heathrow and other airports are asking carriers to cancel flights because of a shortage of baggage handlers and other workers. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"Last year, carmakers built 10 million fewer vehicles because of the chip shortage , according to LMC Automotive, but supplies were expected to improve in the second half of this year. \u2014 Anna Cooban And Uliana Pavlova, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"Gardiner\u2019s final-straw move came as hundreds of defendants around the state are going without lawyers because of a shortage of public defenders. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 June 2022",
"Waukesha County is considering shutting down the Huber Facility work release program because of a labor shortage . \u2014 Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Because of the shortage of sweet stuff, trick-or-treating wasn't as big of a thing during WWII. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022"
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"The cashier shortchanged me. I gave her 10 dollars to pay for an $8.95 book, and she only gave me a dollar back.",
"The band shortchanged its fans by playing for only 30 minutes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the series tends to shortchange its women itself. \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"Another controversy has arisen over House proposals that sponsors say aim to curb counterfeit imports that can shortchange U.S. businesses and consumers. \u2014 John D. Mckinnon And Yuka Hayashi, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Even when local governments provide scrupulous oversight, the investors are often two steps ahead, developing ways to shortchange the equity applicant. \u2014 Amanda Chicago Lewis, The New Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Not only do some employees shortchange employers, but some have transitioned from moonlighting to daylighting, double-dipping salaries during core working hours. \u2014 Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Legislators consistently shortchange the state\u2019s school funding formula by hundreds of millions of dollars a year. \u2014 al , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Legislators consistently shortchange the state's school funding formula by hundreds of millions of dollars a year. \u2014 Emily Wagster Pettus, ajc , 19 Feb. 2022",
"It\u2019s long-standing policies and practices that, internationally or not, shortchange and exclude millions of people with disabilities simply because not enough people have bothered to change their thinking or habits. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"However, do not shortchange yourself if capturing a tidy profit is important to you. \u2014 Bill Jordan, Dallas News , 27 June 2021"
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"\u2014 Eden Phillpotts"
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"Her lack of attention to detail is her biggest shortcoming .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One key shortcoming in today\u2019s security standards is that they are all mostly focused on securing and managing SaaS apps security teams know about or are used regularly. \u2014 Lior Yaari, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Luckily, Goose is maybe the one jam band out there where this shortcoming can be at least somewhat tolerated. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 6 June 2022",
"Standard recycling programs can help, but a huge shortcoming with them is that so much plastic isn\u2019t readily recyclable with their methods. \u2014 Jim Vinoski, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Day has openly brought up a lack of offensive line depth as the spring\u2019s enduring shortcoming . \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Her focus is on a shortcoming in current approaches to addressing bullying and suicide that have no meaningful way to engage with the bully \u2014 not just the bullied. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Being unhoused in America must no longer be viewed as an individual shortcoming , but rather as an unacceptable, life-threatening policy failure. \u2014 Time , 30 July 2021",
"Despite this shortcoming , Berger largely succeeds in opening his viewers\u2019 eyes, all while encouraging them to use the ideas presented as scaffolding for their own inquiry. \u2014 R.e. Hawley, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
"But that\u2019s a dramatic shortcoming , one that McKay and the people who made the show are within their rights to make. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 4 May 2022"
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"\u02ccsh\u022frt-\u02c8k\u0259-",
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"\u2014 Christopher Breen"
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"Verb",
"are you sure there's no way to shortcut the entrance requirements",
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"The Assistive touch feature on iOS provides a shortcut feature, thus allowing users to perform various tasks without using buttons. \u2014 Toby Grey, BGR , 22 May 2022",
"There are also new shortcut buttons for various drive modes on the lower console, meaning drivers won\u2019t have to use the infotainment system to tweak settings for the adaptive suspension, stability control, active exhaust system, and gearbox. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The Boston company provides a happy shortcut \u2014 premade mixes made with fresh ingredients for craft cocktails. \u2014 Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"The shortcut that Florida Power & Light took was to limit the voltage on the line \u2014 to 161 kilovolts rather than 230 \u2014 putting it under a threshold that would have required extensive regulatory scrutiny. \u2014 Ivan Penn, New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"In lieu of college, high school student Stephanie Ramos is attending an online Google Professional Certification program, as a shortcut to the corporate world. \u2014 CBS News , 15 May 2022",
"Anyone using Windows knows the keyboard shortcut to escape is Ctrl + Alt + Delete or on a Mac, Command + Option + Esc. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 27 Feb. 2022",
"The first approach is to use a third-party shortcut . \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 27 May 2022",
"Now a new study by astronomers at Stanford University shows that a simplifying shortcut could exist for the still arduous task of imaging exoplanets using our sun as a cosmic telescope. \u2014 Allison Gasparini, Scientific American , 25 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The same menu has the system settings shortcut (the icon to the lower left on the panel). \u2014 David Nield, Wired , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Oftentimes, shoppers shortcut the simple pieces since they are offered in many places, but quality basics go a long way and can save you a few shopping trips and most importantly, save you money in the long run. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Public health officials believe vaccination progress in Minnesota shortcut this spring's pandemic wave \u2014 despite a more infectious B.1.1.7 variant causing three-fourths of the state's new cases. \u2014 Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune , 25 May 2021",
"The way prosthetics work now, people can shortcut around a lack of touch by seeing whether stuff is being gripped by the robotic fingers, but eyeballing is less helpful when the object is slippery, moving, or just out of sight. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 20 May 2021",
"From time to time, scammers \u2014 some savvy, others bumbling amateurs \u2014 try to shortcut the path to riches. \u2014 Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star , 11 Nov. 2020",
"The experimental drugs shortcut that process by giving concentrated versions of specific ones that worked best against the coronavirus in lab and animal tests. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 13 Aug. 2020",
"The experimental drugs shortcut that process by giving concentrated versions of specific ones that worked best against the coronavirus in lab and animal tests. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 13 Aug. 2020",
"The experimental drugs shortcut that process by giving concentrated versions of specific ones that worked best against the coronavirus in lab and animal tests. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 13 Aug. 2020"
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"1637, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"\u2014 Isaiah 50:2 (Revised Standard Version)"
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"He had to shorten the speech.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rich Jarvis, spokesperson for the Rose Festival Foundation, said the decision to shorten the parade was purely due to resources, and not because of concerns about downtown Portland, which last weekend hosted the festival\u2019s Starlight Parade. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 June 2022",
"Bacteria, molds, yeast, moisture and temperature can all shorten the shelf life of fruit and vegetables, McGee says. \u2014 Becky Krystal, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"In addition to a reduction in product, exhibitors have had to grapple with attempts to shorten theatrical windows, including Warner Bros.\u2019 decision to release its entire 2021 film slate day-and-date to stream on HBO Max. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Mar. 2022",
"For example, studies show the zip code in which you were born is a factor that can lengthen or shorten your life by up to seven years. \u2014 Robert Pearl, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Multiple discharge/recharge cycles shorten any battery's life and using electronics in the car while the engine is the quickest route to a dead battery. \u2014 Alex Leanse, Popular Mechanics , 11 Aug. 2021",
"State police dogs, Csontos said, have been trained to assist with passenger screening and can help shorten wait times in line. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
"Generally, it's understood that Paxlovid may help to shorten the length of a sickness, and in any case, help to keep individuals' symptoms from progressing into dangerous territory. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 23 May 2022",
"Temporary and targeted mitigation, especially in communities that don\u2019t have high vaccination rates, can help shorten these waves. \u2014 Michael A. Stoto, STAT , 14 May 2022"
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"\u2014 A. F. Loomis"
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": an edible fat used to shorten baked goods":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Republic prepares its dough off-site daily with vegetable shortening . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"Butter is reduced or left out in favor of vegetable shortening ; water is used instead of milk; and, sometimes, the eggs are skipped entirely. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"With the mixer running on low, slowly add the confectioners\u2019 sugar, the shortening , the milk and the vanilla. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Here, vegetable shortening , not butter, does the trick. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The shortening helps make the cake especially lofty and tender. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Years of sitting causes a functional shortening of muscles such as the hip flexors that compromises the running stride and increases injury risk. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 3 July 2014",
"These four studies illustrate the reasoning behind the CDC\u2019s shortening of its isolation and quarantine recommendations to five days. \u2014 William Petri, The Conversation , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Norma Qui\u00f1onez of Semilla relies on Diamond Crystal kosher salt and organic cold-pressed vegetable shortening . \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The agricultural guest worker program, known by the shorthand H-2A, was once shunned by farmers here and elsewhere as expensive and bureaucratic. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Saying yes to leadership is shorthand for saying yes to growth itself. \u2014 Avivah Wittenberg-cox, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Black was shorthand for money, intellectualism, and power. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 May 2022",
"Understanding them required care and time, for the papers were occasionally sloppily written and contained a lot of shorthand . \u2014 Rebecca Coffey, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"According to apparent screenshots from the Buffalo broadcast, the shooter inscribed the number 14 on his gun, which Pitcavage says is shorthand for a 14-word white supremacist slogan. \u2014 David Bauder, ajc , 16 May 2022",
"According to apparent screenshots from the Buffalo broadcast, the shooter inscribed the number 14 on his gun, which Pitcavage says is shorthand for a 14-word white supremacist slogan. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"The call-outs offer learning opportunities for audiences that don\u2019t know these lawyers, and serve as a kind of shorthand for those that do. \u2014 Melanie Masonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The team became a kind of lazy shorthand for tastefully unadventurous filmmaking, and unfairly so. \u2014 Keith Phipps, Vulture , 27 Apr. 2021"
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"The housing association gave her a \"temperamental\" electric shower but this cannot be used as the time as other electric items\u2014including the television\u2014as it will cause the circuit to short .",
"\u2014 Anna Slater",
"\u2014 often used with out in U.S. English \u2026 microscopic particles of airborne dust are large enough to short out the chip's circuitry. \u2014 Michael Rothschild \u2026 were sabotaging the system by deliberately entering incorrect information into the computers and, if all else failed, hosing the computers down until they shorted out . \u2014 John Sedgwick"
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"\u2014 James Surowiecki"
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"One of my legs is slightly shorter than the other.",
"He is short for his age.",
"the shortest day of the year",
"Life's too short to worry about the past.",
"The movie was very short .",
"You have done a lot in a short space of time.",
"a short burst of speed",
"I've only lived here for a short time.",
"She has made great progress in a few short years.",
"He visited for two short weeks.",
"Adverb",
"He threw the ball short .",
"the bicyclist ahead of me unexpectedly pulled up short and I unavoidably plowed into him",
"Noun",
"The short before the main movie was very funny.",
"Verb",
"The lightning shorted the TV.",
"The hair dryer must have shorted .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"After uttering our unstifled oohs and ahs over the cityscape and waterways below us, our table of four found the menu to be unexpectedly, but admirably, short , with a shellfish section, nine apps and eight mains. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 6 July 2022",
"Navy Region Southwest, which also manages the child care centers on local Marine bases, is short about 400 providers \u2014 including the staff needed for two new centers yet to open at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. \u2014 Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 July 2022",
"Hosted by a former homicide prosecutor and a former deputy-sheriff-turned-investigative-journalist, Anatomy of Murder from Audiochuck is somewhat short on crackling narrative detail, but makes up for it by showcasing more of an insider perspective. \u2014 Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone , 3 July 2022",
"All the songs are disarmingly short , and with curious creepy netherworld-lounge interludes. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 2 July 2022",
"Expat is short for expatriates, those who live outside their native country. \u2014 Tre'vaughn Howard, CBS News , 2 July 2022",
"My first screenplay was very short , based on one of Mark\u2019s anecdotes. \u2014 Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic , 1 July 2022",
"The ceremony itself was short , lasting just over four minutes. \u2014 Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"The Love and Thunder sequel is going to be surprisingly short for an MCU movie. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 1 July 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"While certain perfectly sized and shaped hydrators and proteins can seep past the hair\u2019s outer cuticle layer, into the deeper cortex, says Wilson, their effect is short -lived. \u2014 Jolene Edgar, Allure , 24 June 2022",
"Firefly adults are short -lived, with life spans ranging from a week to a few months. \u2014 Shreya Sharma, Quartz , 24 June 2022",
"That could be short -lived, as both Davis and Lorenz said her impressive platform might recover with ease. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"Once the sun broke through, some microbes did multiply, but their reign was short -lived and relatively restricted, probably because of the modest increases in global CO2 and temperature. \u2014 Chris Mays, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"Both Ana and Bill were short -lived and neither threatened the United States. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"Smith\u2019s time on the Plains was short -lived, which came as no surprise to Pearl. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
"The safety data from Moderna and Pfizer, vetted by the FDA and CDC, found potential side effects were mostly mild and short -lived. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"The cool-off will probably be short -lived, with temperatures again increasing Friday and through the weekend, back to high 80s downtown, 90s in surrounding areas and 100s in the valleys, meteorologists said. \u2014 Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The documentary short was supported by the Pulitzer Center. \u2014 Jesse Ryan, Scientific American , 13 June 2022",
"On into the feature it's become \u2014 one that even puts interviewer Fleischer-Camp on camera while preserving his original short 's faux-documentary v\u00e9rit\u00e9 style. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
"Each of the Simpson children has starred in their own short . \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Written and directed by Rohrwacher, the 37-minute short is backed by Disney and was produced by Alfonso Cuaron in tandem with her regular producer Carlo Cresto-Dina. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 27 May 2022",
"Neighbors of the fourplex paid $4,000 to repair damage from water that leaked into their yard and dripped into their basement, causing an electrical short . \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Filmmakers recognized the surefire material from the early days, including an 1898 short and a nine-minute version in 1908. \u2014 Shalini Dore, Variety , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Sin City figures prominently in the short that casts Holloway as general manager Les Snead, Eastwood as head coach Sean McVay, Gibson as defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, and Quaid as Rams owner/chairman E. Stanley Kroenke. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Apr. 2022",
"While Xiang stands out as the big short , there\u2019s no single trader or investor on the other end that gets the credit (or blame) for driving prices higher. \u2014 Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Rambusch grounds out to short on an 0-1 count for the first out of the inning. \u2014 al , 11 June 2022",
"The proposal would short the state about $300 million over a few months, but Democrats argued the state could fill that gap with the state's cash reserves surplus, which the party says is on track to surpass $6 billion by the end of the budget year. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 19 May 2022",
"And just to show that the company thought of everything, the sensor, which also acts as the unit's controller, comes with a waterproof case to ensure your fun doesn\u2019t short out. \u2014 Jon Gugala, Outside Online , 15 May 2015",
"Using the wrong liquid can cause damage, and using too much liquid can cause your laptop or monitor to short out altogether. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Some of them may sell or short the stocks, betting a deluge of shares is about to hit the market, driving the price into a slump known as an overhang. \u2014 Gillian Tan, Bloomberg.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
"As a result of this price volatility, the world\u2019s biggest nickel producer (the Chinese company Tsingshan Holding Group) potentially lost billions by trying to short the market. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Traders expecting the gap between the shares and warrants to close in the coming months could buy the warrants and try to short the stock by borrowing shares, selling them and aiming to buy them back at lower prices. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The perpetrators specifically modified a commercially available DJI Mavic 2 drone to short out an electrical substation that provided power to thousands of people, per the report, which ABC News first obtained. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 9 Nov. 2021"
],
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"\u02c8sh\u022frt"
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"He left shortly after you did.",
"\u201cI can't help you right now,\u201d he said shortly .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"FedEx is boosting its dividend and adding board members under pressure from activist D.E. Shaw, moves that come shortly after Fred Smith stepped aside as CEO. \u2014 WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Firefighters responded shortly after 4 a.m. to the 300 block of East 31st Street in the Abell neighborhood after the rowhouse fire was reported, Baltimore City Fire spokesperson Blair Adams said. \u2014 Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
"Fan\u2019s case caught international attention, coming shortly after the detention of high-profile Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who had been an anchor for English-language state media outlet CGTN prior to her detention in August 2020. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 15 June 2022",
"From there, another shooting victim was rushed to a hospital shortly after 1 a.m., this time in critical condition. \u2014 Chelsea Prince, ajc , 15 June 2022",
"Vizcarra says that Pretty Girl started to crash shortly after arriving back at Paw Works. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"The company plans to shortly launch a study of an omicron-specific boosters in children under 6. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"That includes two separate days in the middle of the 2007-2009 bear market where the S&P 500 surged roughly 11%, as well as leaps of better than 9% during and shortly after the roughly month-long 2020 bear market. \u2014 Stan Choe And Alex Veiga, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
"Complicating the creative process further, Mulitz had moved away from D.C. to live in Baltimore shortly after the band\u2019s lineup change. \u2014 Simon Vozick-levinson, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022"
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"The electrical system also received upgrades: Most rooms had only three or fewer outlets, and plugging in multiple devices usually shorted the circuit.",
"\u2014 Steven Wyman-Blackburn",
"The housing association gave her a \"temperamental\" electric shower but this cannot be used as the time as other electric items\u2014including the television\u2014as it will cause the circuit to short .",
"\u2014 Anna Slater",
"\u2014 often used with out in U.S. English \u2026 microscopic particles of airborne dust are large enough to short out the chip's circuitry. \u2014 Michael Rothschild \u2026 were sabotaging the system by deliberately entering incorrect information into the computers and, if all else failed, hosing the computers down until they shorted out . \u2014 John Sedgwick"
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"When she returned minutes later, she handed me a twenty-dollar bill and a five. No change and no receipt, which meant I couldn't call her on the fact that she'd shorted Henry by sixty-six cents.",
"\u2014 Sue Grafton"
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"Today [in 2003], only two per cent of all United States stock-market shares are shorted , and even with looser restrictions short selling is likely to remain uncommon.",
"\u2014 James Surowiecki"
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"Adjective",
"One of my legs is slightly shorter than the other.",
"He is short for his age.",
"the shortest day of the year",
"Life's too short to worry about the past.",
"The movie was very short .",
"You have done a lot in a short space of time.",
"a short burst of speed",
"I've only lived here for a short time.",
"She has made great progress in a few short years.",
"He visited for two short weeks.",
"Adverb",
"He threw the ball short .",
"the bicyclist ahead of me unexpectedly pulled up short and I unavoidably plowed into him",
"Noun",
"The short before the main movie was very funny.",
"Verb",
"The lightning shorted the TV.",
"The hair dryer must have shorted .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"After uttering our unstifled oohs and ahs over the cityscape and waterways below us, our table of four found the menu to be unexpectedly, but admirably, short , with a shellfish section, nine apps and eight mains. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 6 July 2022",
"Navy Region Southwest, which also manages the child care centers on local Marine bases, is short about 400 providers \u2014 including the staff needed for two new centers yet to open at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. \u2014 Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 July 2022",
"Hosted by a former homicide prosecutor and a former deputy-sheriff-turned-investigative-journalist, Anatomy of Murder from Audiochuck is somewhat short on crackling narrative detail, but makes up for it by showcasing more of an insider perspective. \u2014 Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone , 3 July 2022",
"All the songs are disarmingly short , and with curious creepy netherworld-lounge interludes. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 2 July 2022",
"Expat is short for expatriates, those who live outside their native country. \u2014 Tre'vaughn Howard, CBS News , 2 July 2022",
"My first screenplay was very short , based on one of Mark\u2019s anecdotes. \u2014 Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic , 1 July 2022",
"The ceremony itself was short , lasting just over four minutes. \u2014 Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"The Love and Thunder sequel is going to be surprisingly short for an MCU movie. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 1 July 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"While certain perfectly sized and shaped hydrators and proteins can seep past the hair\u2019s outer cuticle layer, into the deeper cortex, says Wilson, their effect is short -lived. \u2014 Jolene Edgar, Allure , 24 June 2022",
"Firefly adults are short -lived, with life spans ranging from a week to a few months. \u2014 Shreya Sharma, Quartz , 24 June 2022",
"That could be short -lived, as both Davis and Lorenz said her impressive platform might recover with ease. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"Once the sun broke through, some microbes did multiply, but their reign was short -lived and relatively restricted, probably because of the modest increases in global CO2 and temperature. \u2014 Chris Mays, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"Both Ana and Bill were short -lived and neither threatened the United States. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"Smith\u2019s time on the Plains was short -lived, which came as no surprise to Pearl. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
"The safety data from Moderna and Pfizer, vetted by the FDA and CDC, found potential side effects were mostly mild and short -lived. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"The cool-off will probably be short -lived, with temperatures again increasing Friday and through the weekend, back to high 80s downtown, 90s in surrounding areas and 100s in the valleys, meteorologists said. \u2014 Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The documentary short was supported by the Pulitzer Center. \u2014 Jesse Ryan, Scientific American , 13 June 2022",
"On into the feature it's become \u2014 one that even puts interviewer Fleischer-Camp on camera while preserving his original short 's faux-documentary v\u00e9rit\u00e9 style. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
"Each of the Simpson children has starred in their own short . \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Written and directed by Rohrwacher, the 37-minute short is backed by Disney and was produced by Alfonso Cuaron in tandem with her regular producer Carlo Cresto-Dina. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 27 May 2022",
"Neighbors of the fourplex paid $4,000 to repair damage from water that leaked into their yard and dripped into their basement, causing an electrical short . \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Filmmakers recognized the surefire material from the early days, including an 1898 short and a nine-minute version in 1908. \u2014 Shalini Dore, Variety , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Sin City figures prominently in the short that casts Holloway as general manager Les Snead, Eastwood as head coach Sean McVay, Gibson as defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, and Quaid as Rams owner/chairman E. Stanley Kroenke. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Apr. 2022",
"While Xiang stands out as the big short , there\u2019s no single trader or investor on the other end that gets the credit (or blame) for driving prices higher. \u2014 Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Rambusch grounds out to short on an 0-1 count for the first out of the inning. \u2014 al , 11 June 2022",
"The proposal would short the state about $300 million over a few months, but Democrats argued the state could fill that gap with the state's cash reserves surplus, which the party says is on track to surpass $6 billion by the end of the budget year. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 19 May 2022",
"And just to show that the company thought of everything, the sensor, which also acts as the unit's controller, comes with a waterproof case to ensure your fun doesn\u2019t short out. \u2014 Jon Gugala, Outside Online , 15 May 2015",
"Using the wrong liquid can cause damage, and using too much liquid can cause your laptop or monitor to short out altogether. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Some of them may sell or short the stocks, betting a deluge of shares is about to hit the market, driving the price into a slump known as an overhang. \u2014 Gillian Tan, Bloomberg.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
"As a result of this price volatility, the world\u2019s biggest nickel producer (the Chinese company Tsingshan Holding Group) potentially lost billions by trying to short the market. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Traders expecting the gap between the shares and warrants to close in the coming months could buy the warrants and try to short the stock by borrowing shares, selling them and aiming to buy them back at lower prices. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The perpetrators specifically modified a commercially available DJI Mavic 2 drone to short out an electrical substation that provided power to thousands of people, per the report, which ABC News first obtained. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 9 Nov. 2021"
],
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},
"examples":[
"shortsighted politicians who only care about how they do in the next election",
"The plan was dangerously shortsighted .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our best hope is that outrage about the Supreme Court\u2019s shortsighted , dangerous decision this week will fuel not the fossil fuel industry but the energy of the American public. \u2014 John D. Sutter, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"These people might look closely or even suspiciously at any projects and businesses related to Russia -- because supporting the aggressor's economy with money is not only immoral, but simply shortsighted . \u2014 Stanislav Kucher, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"But the notion that the Girls\u2019 message was, by virtue of being broadcast commercially, inherently hollow now seems shortsighted . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The Socialists, the Catholics, the press, all appear here as democratic forces that were either too fainthearted or too shortsighted to stop Mussolini. \u2014 Anna Momigliano, The Atlantic , 26 Apr. 2022",
"This failed start-up might also be seen, in retrospect, as a preview of Russia\u2019s shortsighted unloading of Alaska to the United States in 1867. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"This act of political grandstanding is a shortsighted race to the bottom. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Chris Runyan, president of the Ohio Contractors Association, is among those lobbying against suspending the gas tax, calling it a shortsighted approach. \u2014 Julie Bykowicz, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"But thanks to a roving group of shortsighted , entitled people, we\u2019ve often been deprived of that this election cycle. \u2014 Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022"
],
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"\u02c8sh\u022frt-\u02ccs\u012b-t\u0259d",
"\u02c8sh\u022frt-\u02c8s\u012b-t\u0259d",
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"noun"
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"examples":[
"shortsighted politicians who only care about how they do in the next election",
"The plan was dangerously shortsighted .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our best hope is that outrage about the Supreme Court\u2019s shortsighted , dangerous decision this week will fuel not the fossil fuel industry but the energy of the American public. \u2014 John D. Sutter, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"These people might look closely or even suspiciously at any projects and businesses related to Russia -- because supporting the aggressor's economy with money is not only immoral, but simply shortsighted . \u2014 Stanislav Kucher, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"But the notion that the Girls\u2019 message was, by virtue of being broadcast commercially, inherently hollow now seems shortsighted . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The Socialists, the Catholics, the press, all appear here as democratic forces that were either too fainthearted or too shortsighted to stop Mussolini. \u2014 Anna Momigliano, The Atlantic , 26 Apr. 2022",
"This failed start-up might also be seen, in retrospect, as a preview of Russia\u2019s shortsighted unloading of Alaska to the United States in 1867. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"This act of political grandstanding is a shortsighted race to the bottom. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Chris Runyan, president of the Ohio Contractors Association, is among those lobbying against suspending the gas tax, calling it a shortsighted approach. \u2014 Julie Bykowicz, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"But thanks to a roving group of shortsighted , entitled people, we\u2019ve often been deprived of that this election cycle. \u2014 Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02c8sh\u022frt-\u02ccs\u012b-t\u0259d",
"\u02c8sh\u022frt-\u02c8s\u012b-t\u0259d",
"\u02c8sh\u022frt-\u02c8s\u012bt-\u0259d"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Cleveland\u2019s shortstop is batting .356 in that stretch with 21 hits and seven RBI. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 2 July 2022",
"The San Diego Padres haven\u2019t had their All-Star shortstop for a single inning this season. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"The sophomore right-hander struck out five in a row over the third and fourth innings and got a big defensive play from shortstop Jacob Gonzalez to keep the perfect game alive in the fifth. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 26 June 2022",
"Other position players on the shelf include shortstop Wander Franco (quad), second baseman Brandon Lowe (back) and catcher Mike Zunino (shoulder). \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Michael Turner found a hole on the left side just off shortstop Jacob Gonzalez's glove for an RBI single, his fifth of the CWS, to plate Wallace and make it 3-1. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 23 June 2022",
"Louisville centerfielder Levi Usher and Kentucky shortstop Ryan Ritter were named ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners Wednesday, the two programs announced. \u2014 Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal , 22 June 2022",
"The junior finished with five home runs, second-most in the county, and was strong defensively as the Wildecats\u2019 shortstop . \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 21 June 2022",
"Notably, Pe\u00f1a does lead former Astros shortstop Carlos Correa, who is sixth in voting at 186,403. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 21 June 2022"
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"\u02c8sh\u022frt-\u02ccst\u00e4p"
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"cannon operators often had to use several shots to figure out the range of their targets",
"let's take another shot at the puzzle",
"Adjective",
"The tires on the car are shot .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But the new law also helped police nab dangerous gangsters on felony charges without the long- shot task of persuading witnesses to testify against them. \u2014 Paul Moses, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"Turner, arguably the league's top shot blocker, would represent a defensive upgrade for the Suns entering a contract season. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 29 June 2022",
"When given consistent minutes, like in his rookie season, Tillman played a lot better, converting over 55% of his shot attempts, and canning over 33% of his three-pointers, albeit on just 65 attempts. \u2014 Morten Jensen, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"One suspect \u2014 who was in a black car \u2014 then got inside of Lee's car, and one shot was fired shortly after, according to Hadaway, who added that the suspect then exited Lee's vehicle, got back into the black car and left. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
"Police said a witness reported seeing two males approach her from behind and fire one shot . \u2014 Rhonda Gillespie, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"The Lightning, on the other hand, crumbled in the final period and did not manage more than one shot on goal until the waning minutes. \u2014 Laine Higgins, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
"Officials said that if those with one shot are counted, 87% are at least partially vaccinated. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 26 June 2022",
"In Gee Chun opened with a course-record 64 at the KPMG Women\u2019s PGA to storm out to a five- shot lead after the first round. \u2014 Beth Ann Nichols, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Apparently, getting his anger out did the trick because McIlroy exploded his next shot 15 feet past the hole and sank the par putt. \u2014 Adam Schupak, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Israeli police said they were forced to act after Palestinians barricaded themselves in the mosque and shot fireworks and threw stones at police and some Jewish visitors. \u2014 Dov Lieber And Adam Rasgon, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"Indiana didn't lose Bohannon that time, and he was forced well beyond the 3-point arc with IU sophomore guard Galloway's hand in his face, but managed to arc his shot high enough to get a friendly bank and give the Hawkeyes the win. \u2014 Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star , 12 Mar. 2022",
"For Americans who got the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, booster shots are recommended for people who are 18 and older and who got their single first shot two or more months ago. \u2014 Melissa Mahtani, CNN , 22 Oct. 2021",
"AstraZeneca has also had to deal with reports of some recipients of its shot developing dangerous blood clots, although the company and international regulators say there is no evidence the vaccine is to blame. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Though a lot of attention may be placed on the big drives off the tee, the championship still will likely come down to shot placement and short game. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Lacking a quick first step, Griffin is not known as a shot creator but showed flashes of becoming one as his lone college season wore on. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022",
"The 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, shot students and teachers in Reyes\u2019 classroom \u2013 room 111 \u2013 and an adjoining one, authorities said. \u2014 Jason Hanna, CNN , 7 June 2022"
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"1763, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"Middle English, from Old English sceot, scot ; akin to Old High German scuz , Old Norse skot shot, Old English sc\u0113otan to shoot \u2014 more at shoot":"Noun"
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4t"
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"blasting",
"discharge",
"firing"
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"adjective",
"noun"
]
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"One of the children took the shotgun from Jason Phipps after the shooting, according to police testimony. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 22 June 2022",
"With Watson playing so much out of the shotgun , will the Browns have to make major adjustments",
"Short runs out of the shotgun are the manure created by a herd of angry bison on Catalina. \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Jan. 2022",
"On the other end of the shotgun was Dexter's own son, Harrison (Jack Alcott). \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 9 Jan. 2022",
"But the key components are simply the subclass tree, the separated melee bindings, Wormgod and the shotgun . \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The Cardinals had a bad snap from Max Garcia when Kyler Murray was in the shotgun on third-and-7 at the Cardinals' own 11 with 4:25 left in the first half. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 26 Dec. 2021",
"In May, Johnny Manziel, now 29, lined up in the shotgun behind his three-man offensive line on a narrow, indoor football field. \u2014 Noah Smith, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"One of the children took the shotgun from Jason Phipps after the shooting. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 25 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Last season, Jackson went under center on just five drop-backs, while the Ravens\u2019 primary ball-carriers had just 24 carries in non- shotgun looks. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com , 3 June 2021",
"In 2019, in non- shotgun formations, Jackson had 19 drop-backs and combined with Ravens running backs for 27 carries, according to Sports Info Solutions. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com , 3 June 2021",
"Lunch and registration begin at 11 a.m., with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start. \u2014 Post-Tribune , 7 July 2017",
"Outing highlights include: Registration, lunch and a putting contest (noon) Shotgun start (1:30 p.m.) Dinner (6:30 p.m.) Proximities, skins, awards and a 50/50 raffle Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the event. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland.com , 13 June 2017",
"Outing highlights include: Registration, lunch and a putting contest (noon) Shotgun start (1:30 p.m.) Dinner (6:30 p.m.) Proximities, skins, awards and a 50/50 raffle Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the event. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland.com , 13 June 2017",
"Check-in at 11 a.m. followed by 1 p.m. shotgun start. \u2014 Nick Roth, The Mercury News , 7 June 2017"
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"1776, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1892, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8sh\u00e4t-\u02ccg\u0259n"
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"noun",
"transitive verb"
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": a house in which all the rooms are in direct line with each other usually front to back":[
"\u2014 compare railroad flat"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The two-room shotgun house was built by his father, grandfather and uncle. \u2014 Ken Budd, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"LeNoir lives in a narrow shotgun house on Columbia Avenue that her mother built after retiring as a librarian. \u2014 Clare Proctor, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Aug. 2021",
"He was dressed in uniform \u2014 olive-green slacks, shirt, necktie and field cap \u2014 and headed for the nearby city of Columbus, where his grandmother, who\u2019d recently died after a heart attack, had lived in a small shotgun house with a full porch. \u2014 Alexa Mills, Washington Post , 28 May 2021",
"Its diagonal form is partly inspired by the architecture of a shotgun house turned on its axis. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2021",
"For three weeks in January, my friend and I rented a 150-year-old shotgun house in New Orleans. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2021",
"Goodenough owns the building that Carrollton Market called home, an old shotgun house along a strip of neighborhood businesses. \u2014 Ian Mcnulty | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 11 Jan. 2021",
"In and around our shotgun house in Forest, Miss., we were taught to never look or appear disheveled at work, especially after proving yourself undeniably twice as good as the white workers at your job. \u2014 Anthony Giardina Kiese Makeba Laymon Carina Del Valle Schorske Dessa Irina Aleksander Sam Dolnick Mark Binelli Maggie Jones Rob Hoerburger Jamie Lauren Keiles Devin Gordon Jazmine Hughes Jenna Wortham Jade Chang Taffy Brodesser-akner Kaitlyn Greenidge Reginald Dwayne Betts Rowan Ricardo Phillips Michael Paterniti Wesley Morris Ismail Muhammad, New York Times , 24 Dec. 2020",
"The modest double shotgun house in the 2300 block of First Street was bought by Greater St. Stephens Full Gospel Baptist Church in 2008. \u2014 R. Stephanie Bruno, NOLA.com , 28 Nov. 2020"
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"1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125829",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"should":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The jury will determine if Cruz should receive a death sentence or life in prison without the possibility of parole. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"Many vaccine scientists agree that as the virus evolves, vaccines should be updated along with it. \u2014 Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
"Park officials again emphasized that Yellowstone visitors should keep a safe distance. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Some dealers have questioned why the way a vehicle is fueled should change how it is sold. \u2014 Nora Eckert, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
"TikTok should be thrown out of the iPhone and Android app stores in the U.S., a Republican commissioner in the Federal Communications Commission has argued in a plea for action on the part of gatekeepers Apple and Google. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 29 June 2022",
"Your carry-on luggage should weigh between 1-2 kilograms on average. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 29 June 2022",
"Then, when talking to voters, Democratic candidates should emphasize the popular ideas and de-emphasize the unpopular ones, even if that means emphasizing smaller, more incremental, more moderate policies. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
"Yellowstone says visitors should stay more than 25 yards away from all large animals \u2014 including bison, elk, and moose \u2014 and at least 100 yards away from bears and wolves. \u2014 Claire Cardona, NBC News , 29 June 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English sholde , from Old English sceolde owed, was obliged to, ought to":""
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"\u02c8shu\u0307d",
"sh\u0259d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183802",
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"auxiliary verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"repudiate"
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],
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],
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"shouldered his way through the crowd"
],
": to push with or as if with the shoulders aggressively":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He rested the baby's head on his shoulder .",
"He grabbed my shoulder and turned me around.",
"She carried a backpack on one shoulder .",
"The horse is five feet high at the shoulder .",
"We had pork shoulder for dinner.",
"Verb",
"He shouldered the blame for the project's failure.",
"The company will shoulder the costs of the repairs.",
"She shouldered the full burden of raising three children.",
"He shouldered the door open.",
"She shouldered through the crowd.",
"She shouldered her way through the crowd.",
"The soldiers shouldered their rifles and marched away.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With lifetime jobs, and no higher court to look over their shoulder , the justices reign supreme --but not above controversy. \u2014 Richard Galant, CNN , 26 June 2022",
"Last year, he was kidnapped by seven men who blackmailed, extorted, and tortured him for two days in an attack that has since left him constantly looking over his shoulder . \u2014 Pelumi Salako, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 June 2022",
"The line is delivered over a shot of Cher looking over her shoulder at her crush before sensually biting into a chocolate truffle. \u2014 Zan Romanoff, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 June 2022",
"In other videos, Toby Wilson is seen constantly looking over his shoulder , armed with a pool noodle, to check if Cosmo is about to ambush him. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 16 June 2022",
"Young Daddy heard her this time, looked over his shoulder , gathered the blanket up and landed safely with his children at the bottom of the escalator. \u2014 Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al , 15 June 2022",
"The best pillows for side sleepers are firmer and higher-loft, and provide space for their head and neck to stay aligned over their shoulder . \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 15 June 2022",
"Mike slung it over his shoulder to show it off for the video, and its gills flared out, revealing red organs. \u2014 Matt Carney, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
"After the final practice of the Colts' offseason, Nyheim Hines was peeking over his shoulder and beaming at Matt Ryan. \u2014 Nate Atkins, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"These changes are proving especially significant for women, who tend to shoulder a greater share of domestic duties and aren\u2019t promoted at the same rate as men. \u2014 Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"In another scenario, Apple would partner with merchant acquirers that already shoulder this type of risk, such as Square and Stripe. \u2014 Sam Shawki, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Gerald Molo, 26, a graduate student and part-time professor, said Robredo volunteers shoulder their own expenses during campaign activities and are not expecting anything in return except for a change in how the government is run. \u2014 Jennifer Jett, NBC News , 8 May 2022",
"And after losing her necessary counterpart in Lynskey\u2019s Betty, Biel\u2019s Candy struggles to shoulder the material by herself. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 5 May 2022",
"Remain open to new arrangements and be ready to pause and shoulder unexpected responsibilities near the 15th . \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 1 May 2022",
"Expansion of a federal program that made school lunch and breakfast free for every child is expected to expire this summer, leaving families who relied on it through the pandemic to again shoulder the cost. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, Hartford Courant , 11 Apr. 2022",
"After working consistently for so many years, what has the shift been like to lead a show and shoulder the responsibility",
"Consumer confidence, which has been sinking since last year as households shoulder the burden of higher prices, plunged to a new low in a report out Friday. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"Middle English sholder , from Old English sculdor ; akin to Old High German scultra shoulder":"Noun"
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"\u02c8sh\u014dl-d\u0259r"
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"accept",
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"bear",
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"undertake"
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"verb"
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},
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": reaching as high as a person's shoulder":[
"a shoulder-high wall"
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"adjective"
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"cry",
"holler",
"hoot",
"howl",
"whoop",
"yell",
"yowl"
],
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": a loud cry or call":[],
": to cause to be, come, or stop by or as if by shouting":[
"shouted himself hoarse",
"the proponents shouted down the opposition"
],
": to command attention as if by shouting":[
"a quality that shouts from good novels",
"\u2014 John Gardner"
],
": to utter a sudden loud cry":[],
": to utter in a loud voice":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"There's no need to shout at me.",
"well-wishers shouted to departing passengers from the dock",
"Noun",
"I gave a sudden shout of surprise when the shower abruptly turned ice-cold.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Allen\u2019s audio frequently dropped and Baldwin had to shout for help at home in Spanish and trouble-shoot tech issues in the middle of the Live chat. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"The band struck up \u2018The Maize and the Blue\u2019 and Michigan men and women began to shout . \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"There were times when fans would hurl insults about his eyes or shout names of Chinese takeout dishes at him during games. \u2014 Kimmy Yam, NBC News , 16 June 2022",
"Those two years just drove it home that this is a very special thing to be able to stand in front of people who have paid a lot of money to sit in a dark room to see people shout at each other. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Someone can shout harassment, hate or misinformation, and then others pile on. \u2014 Jessica Maddox, The Conversation , 3 May 2022",
"The disaster ignited widespread anger in Abadan, where residents alleging government negligence gathered nightly at the site of the collapse to shout slogans against the Islamic Republic. \u2014 Isabel Debre, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"Opposing teams shout a little louder than normal, Barrera said, to try to get in Albayati\u2019s head. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
"This is not a product that wants to shout its wealth and knowledge. \u2014 Nargess Banks, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Emmy nominee also gave a special shout -out to tarot card reader Dante Sabatino, who predicted that June would be special for Woodley. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"And the show really works at getting Chicago right, from a shout -out to White Sox legend to Minnie Minoso to name-checking a very local celebrity. \u2014 Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel , 29 June 2022",
"Not only does Drake land some nice lines himself (gotta love a Yellowstone shout -out), but 21 Savage is absolutely ferocious on there, stealing the song with one of his greatest guest spots to date. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
"During his remarks, Coppin State University President Anthony Jenkins gave a shout -out to Col. Sheree Briscoe, a Coppin State graduate who is the first African American woman promoted to deputy city police commissioner. \u2014 Lea Skene, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"Collins gave Kemp a shout -out in his primary victory address, thanking the governor for his endorsement. \u2014 Fox News , 22 June 2022",
"Instead of laughing along and enjoying the national shout -out, the usually easy-going Schwindel took umbrage last week when asked about Colbert\u2019s remark. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"But first, a special shout -out to a web series that doesn't quite fit with the rest, but certainly walked so First Kill could run. \u2014 Amanda Ostuni, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
"The singer thanked the staff who helped transform her home into the perfect wedding venue, as well as gave a shout -out to her celebrity attendees. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8shau\u0307t"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bawl",
"bay",
"bellow",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"hollo",
"halloo",
"hallo",
"roar",
"sound off",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
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],
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"type":[
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"verb"
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"antonyms":[
"country mile",
"long haul",
"mile"
],
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": a short distance : easy reach":[
"\u2014 usually used with within lived within shouting distance of her cousins"
]
},
"examples":[
"We live within shouting distance of my parents.",
"he's within shouting distance of being the winningest coach in college basketball history",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her two daughters, Reba and Rachel, live with their families within shouting distance . \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"The Winterhawks had to chase from there, and got within shouting distance , but could never get that goal to cut it to one. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
"Despite missing much of the last four seasons to the suspensions and the pandemic, Cano, with two years left on his deal, was still within shouting distance of 3,000 hits. \u2014 Jerry Beach, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"The Rockies, who\u2019d been in shouting distance of the wild card, faded. \u2014 Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"So the hero of Queens, No. 41, will be within shouting distance of the hero of Brooklyn, who famously wore No. 42. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"In January of last year, then-acting assistant administrator Freedhoff got to work in a room off the kitchen, within shouting distance of four middle and high schoolers doing remote classes and a wriggly black puppy. \u2014 Lydia Depillis, ProPublica , 31 Mar. 2022",
"After a couple hours, with half of our ascent completed, Steve and I stopped to eat lunch on a sunny ledge while Barry scouted the route above us, staying within shouting distance . \u2014 Joe Yelverton, Outside Online , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Within shouting distance of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 2 Feb. 2022"
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"He shoved the door until it finally opened.",
"A large man shoved me out of the way.",
"She shoved her plate aside.",
"He shoved me into the pool.",
"A group of security guards shoved through the crowd.",
"The children were pushing and shoving to see the clowns.",
"Noun",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In the video, Sweetin is seen standing on an embankment on the freeway shouting something through her megaphone towards the protesters when LAPD officers grab her and shove her several feet onto the freeway. \u2014 Li Cohen, CBS News , 27 June 2022",
"An expletive-laced video shows the man shove Gabriel, who falls on a concrete parking block, and land on top of him. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"The best fit systems completely encircle the skull at the rim of the helmet, keeping your head centered; cheaper ones are anchored only halfway around and basically shove your forehead against the inside front. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 19 June 2022",
"The Miami Heat will come to work Sunday night with their pride intact, their belief unwavering, their team spirit ridiculously strong, and a purposely rebellious mood to fight, pull, grab and shove their way to the NBA Finals. \u2014 Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
"Knowing when to dose up again, and with what, will require keeping close watch on local conditions, trying to anticipate how the virus might shove us, and maintaining our gear in tip-top shape. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 23 May 2022",
"But when push comes to shove , the loyalty to the bottom line is always going to push out anything else. \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
"The simplest way to determine if the soil is properly watered is to conduct the screwdriver test: After watering the lawn, take a long-blade screwdriver and shove it straight down into the lawn. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Popular Mechanics , 5 May 2022",
"Workers demanded super-raises, raises plus a cost-of-living adjustment, or told the boss to take this job and shove it. \u2014 Brian Domitrovic, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Donaldson scrapped with Anderson on May 13 in Chicago after making a hard tag, and Anderson responded with a shove , resulting in the benches and bullpens clearing. \u2014 Larry Fleisher, ajc , 22 May 2022",
"Donaldson scrapped with Anderson on May 13 in Chicago after making a hard tag, and Anderson responded with a shove , resulting in the benches and bullpens clearing. \u2014 Larry Fleisher, Hartford Courant , 21 May 2022",
"Hayes\u2019 shove was ruled a Flagrant 2 and the Pelicans forward was tossed with 5:13 left in the first half and game tied at 43-43. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Turns out, the three-time Defensive Player of the Year had plenty to say about his scrap with Turner \u2014 which included a shove , a bearhug, and two other Jazz players ejected. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Nov. 2021",
"The middle pedal requires a concerted shove , and overall stopping power wouldn\u2019t trouble one modern carbon-ceramic disc. \u2014 Tim Pitt, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
"Jefferson suffered a right knee injury when a shove from Texas A&M's Aaron Hansford on the sideline sent the redshirt sophomore sprawling at AT&T Stadium during the Razorbacks\u2019 20-10 win on Sept. 25. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Given the power of internet search engines these days, isn\u2019t a simple shove in the direction of a particular plant of type or garden all that the reader needs",
"Violence would often ensue, sometimes with a slap or a shove from Heard or his wife throwing a television remote control or a glass of wine in his face, Depp said. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"Verb",
"He is outside shoveling snow.",
"I have to shovel the driveway.",
"I had to shovel for an hour to clear the driveway.",
"The snow was so deep we had to shovel a path to our front door.",
"Stop shoveling food into your mouth.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Foxconn is holding hostage about 4,000 acres of shovel -ready land in the southeastern corner of Wisconsin. \u2014 Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Sure, there are YouTube videos on how to do it, and people who sell shovels at the hardware store are always good for some advice, but the only real way to learn is to just get a shovel and get out there and do it. \u2014 Brendan Leonard, Outside Online , 23 Jan. 2022",
"The woman with the shovel in those mysterious promos turned out to be Dakota Kai, who cost Raquel Gonzalez the NXT Women\u2019s Championship. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"At one point, a Big White was caught on video clubbing a corgi pup to death with a shovel . \u2014 Han Zhang, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
"During one drunken brawl, he was beaten with a shovel , shot in the back and left for dead. \u2014 Emily Bobrow, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"The parks district begins researching and drawing up specifications early, so projects are shovel ready by the time funding is nailed down, said Sean McDermott, Metroparks\u2019 chief planning and design officer. \u2014 Robert Higgs, cleveland , 7 May 2022",
"The gruesome clip shows the COVID prevention worker chasing the dog down the street before striking it several times with a shovel , killing it. \u2014 Andrew Marquardt, Fortune , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Last year, a woman who was attacked by an alligator on Hilton Head Island was rescued by a neighbor who hit the animal with a shovel . \u2014 CBS News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Find an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel their driveway. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 19 Jan. 2022",
"China\u2019s voracious appetite for the metal to shovel into steel furnaces sent prices above $50,000 a metric ton in 2007, a record that stood until last week. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 13 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s a new tool for athletes who shovel down their recovery meals. \u2014 Lauren Steele, Outside Online , 4 Sep. 2014",
"In addition, Kurtz noted that residents can help the city\u2019s snow-removal efforts by doing the following: \u00b7 Do not shovel or plow snow into city streets. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Commissioner Dan Ryan asked people to shovel their sidewalks and look in on housed and unhoused neighbors. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Dec. 2021",
"His wife picked up the prescription and a few days later, Carlson felt well enough to shovel snow. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Looking for help, Maria turned to her neighbors on Nextdoor and made a post on Nextdoor asking if neighbors could help shovel their walkway. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 16 Feb. 2022",
"High winds and strong snowfall did not stop some from trying to shovel early. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Jan. 2022"
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"You have to show your tickets at the gate.",
"You're the only person that I've shown this letter to.",
"They showed the theory to be faulty.",
"You will have to show me how to play the game.",
"He showed them a card trick.",
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"Noun",
"She was the star of the show .",
"The band always puts on a good show .",
"a show of his early paintings",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Monumental 4th of July provides live music by Sister Hazel and Soul Switch, a kids zone, food vendors and a fireworks show at for friends and family to enjoy at Kissimmee Lakefront Park. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"Vendors, food and live music all day, and a traditional fireworks show at dusk. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 June 2022",
"So stagflation will show early signs late in 2022 and get roaring in 2023. \u2014 Bill Conerly, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The article includes an authentic Arctic sea ice extent graph from the agency, but that graph does not show May 2022 at a 30-year high, according to Martin Stendel, a climate scientist at Danish Meteorological Institute. \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"Snapchat videos show a massive group of teenagers at a party inside a multimillion-dollar Santa Rosa home. \u2014 Rebekah Castor, Fox News , 28 June 2022",
"It\u2019s the latest sector to show its unhappiness with the UK government over a range of issues from pay to working conditions. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"Polls show her center-left Labour Party at its lowest level of support in five years, with an election looming in 2023. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"But a culture is hard to show -off in one job interview. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 26 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Friday\u2019s show was the same as last year\u2019s, Brooks told the crowd. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 June 2022",
"The show is executive produced by Kelly Martin for South Pacific Pictures and White for White Balance Pictures. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"The show was unscripted programming and legitimate racing, but most drivers certainly paid attention to Paul Tracy's one-sided feud with Hailie Deegan. \u2014 Fox News , 17 June 2022",
"Presented by Fever, a national event and promotion platform, the show is one of several candlelight performances spotlighting pop icons this summer. \u2014 cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"Because what's happening is, the show will never, ever be the same. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
"Nafisah Atcha, 31, had a similar reaction when the show was greenlit. \u2014 Saba Hamedy, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"The reality show will be 10 episodes long, and no premiere date has been set yet. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 15 June 2022",
"If the show is successful, versions in other languages might be produced, just as Netflix reality shows like The Circle and Love is Blind have been adapted for various countries. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022"
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"Middle English shewen, showen , from Old English sc\u0113awian to look, look at, see; akin to Old High German scouw\u014dn to look, look at, and probably to Latin cav\u0113re to be on one's guard":"Verb"
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"the athletes warmed up, happily showing off for the crowd before the match officially started",
"she just wants to show off her new jewelry",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Jonah Stein exited the vaccination clinic in his father\u2019s arms Tuesday afternoon, proud to show off his Band-Aid. \u2014 Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Bachvarov, keen to show off the beauty of the area, took us on a hike to visit the 19th-century Chapel of St. Ilya perched on the mountainside. \u2014 Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
"Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave and Jameson Williams used the 2022 NFL Draft to show off Hartline\u2019s ability to develop talent. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
"The Elotitos menu was inspired by Mexican street corn, and was designed to show off vegetable\u2019s versatility. \u2014 Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News , 15 June 2022",
"A day when Emily Ratajkowski steps out to show off her signature off-duty style is a good day for celebrity street style. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 June 2022",
"Polestar is ready to show off the next step in its evolution. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 7 June 2022",
"Using prints from independent design studios and furniture in bold silhouettes, Henley pulled together a scheme that her client is delighted to show off . \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"The beauty of this event is that everyone is invited to show off their vehicles and enjoy the setting and the camaraderie of fellow automotive lovers. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022"
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"normally, one doesn't see them, but the actress's wrinkles show up in the close-ups",
"the band showed up an hour late",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ultimately, your best bet is to look for ranges that offer deep shades that will not only show up but add a gorgeous glow to the skin, like many of the ones ahead. \u2014 Allure , 26 June 2022",
"The result of the certification process determines whether the clinic does or does not offer abortions, which will then show up in in-ad disclosures. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"Legacy has the buzz and the nostalgia, along with strong reviews and quite a bit of business for irregular moviegoers, the sort that usually only show up for a film like American Sniper or The Passion of the Christ. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Ivanka Trump gave investigators that could show up in upcoming hearings. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Ivanka Trump gave investigators that could show up in upcoming hearings. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"These very real and sometimes debilitating experiences include difficulties with concentration and focus, forgetfulness, restlessness, hyperactivity and impulsiveness, which show up in very different ways for different people. \u2014 Dr Sanah Ahsan, refinery29.com , 6 June 2022",
"Coaches also praise his run-stopping efforts that don\u2019t show up in box scores. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"But Speciale says ViX will offer many of the formats with which streaming advertisers have become familiar, including ads that show up during specific kinds of behavior, like binge-watching and pausing. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 17 May 2022"
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"1812, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Italian fashion council is putting an emphasis on young designers, with 13 brands being hosted in the city's premier department store, Rinascente, with both valuable floor space and show window exposure. \u2014 Colleen Barry, Star Tribune , 24 Sep. 2020",
"Police body camera footage from the scene shows windows of the SUV were busted out during the impact. \u2014 Kelly Mccleary And Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN , 18 Apr. 2020",
"In other footage on TBS network showed windows blown off. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 July 2019",
"Video from the scene appears to show windows blown out of an LA Fitness gym and wreckage scattered across the ground. \u2014 NBC News , 6 July 2019",
"Primetime Plus - Coverage will air during the late-night show window following Primetime NBCSN NBCSN will present 369 hours of coverage, including live primetime and 10 days of 24-hour coverage from Feb. 18-25. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Feb. 2018",
"About halfway down Austin Street, C.J. Duckworth and Richard Gonzalez are sitting in the empty frame of what once was the show window of Duckworth's sign shop. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 3 Sep. 2017"
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"the gymnast was showboating for the cameras when she lost her balance and fell",
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"Marian is the opposite of a showboat , but Foster dims her radiance more than is necessary. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"For an actor, there\u2019s an obvious showboat appeal to playing a serious out-of-control drunk. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
"It's been a story of redemption for Jacobellis, who infamously won an Olympic silver in 2006 after throwing away her lead while attempting to showboat . \u2014 Julia Hollingsworth, CNN , 12 Feb. 2022",
"A full 16 years and a world removed from the day the American snowboardcross racer gave away the gold medal with a showboat move near the finish line, Jacobellis rode hard to the end and won it. \u2014 Eddie Pells And Pat Graham, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Feb. 2022",
"A full 16 years and a world removed from the day the American snowboardcross racer gave away the gold medal with a showboat move near the finish line, Jacobellis rode hard to the end and won it. \u2014 Eddie Pells And Pat Graham, chicagotribune.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"When this pretense is stylized with showboat filmmaking, whatever universal point Anderson tries to make comes off erroneously \u2014 snobbish. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Tammy Faye, meanwhile, is a vivacious believer who falls in love with Jim and is happy to hitch herself to the choo-choo train of his showboat faith. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 12 Sep. 2021",
"Beyond the showboat rib, the menu brought both surprises and solid standouts. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 10 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But that was neither showboating nor talking trash. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 1 Apr. 2020",
"There are no showboating gestures here, only a bone-deep commitment to showing us the lives of individuals often relegated to the cinematic sidelines, to the extent that the movies even notice them all. \u2014 Justin Chang, chicagotribune.com , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Three quarters of sleepwalking, showboating and unwatchable basketball, followed by one quarter of the most intense and least-artistic basketball of the season. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 16 Feb. 2020",
"Bill Pullman is the Bilott team\u2019s showboating West Virginia trial lawyer, who celebrates success in the courtroom by snapping his suspenders with satisfaction. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Fingers a-flutter, Marsalis confidently flew through composer Jacques Ibert\u2019s flamboyant solo section \u2014 making sure his virtuosity was that of musicianship, not showboating . \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 29 Sep. 2019",
"The main negatives for me are showboating and mascots. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com , 21 Sep. 2019",
"Their duel had something often lacking in this memorable era of men\u2019s tennis: an edge, as Kyrgios showboated and intentionally smacked balls at Nadal\u2019s body, ignoring the glares that Nadal sometimes fired back. \u2014 Christopher Clarey, New York Times , 4 July 2019",
"Spedding, new guitarist Tom Vanstiphout and saxophonist Jorja Chalmers were particularly combustible\u2014while never showboating or pulling focus from Ferry. \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 30 Aug. 2019"
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"The convention was a showcase of the company's new products.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The singer-songwriter just dropped his sophomore EP Sugar, a showcase for his soaring vocals to dance through a range of rock, R&B and ballads. \u2014 Jeff Benjamin, Billboard , 22 June 2022",
"Like that regency-era show, Mr. Malcolm\u2019s List serves up its gilded rituals and lessons in love and friendship with a multiracial and multicultural showcase . \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"This year's designer showcase includes Kristen Williams, Kera Ridley, Tracie Powell and Annette Corsino, among others. \u2014 Nadja Sayej, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"McKnight planned to be at this year\u2019s Juneteenth festival, working with her former church, Crossing Jordan Ministries, talent showcase . \u2014 La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"Produced by the Film Expo Group, the annual industry event offers a showcase for Hollywood studios to present their upcoming slates to European cinema operators. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 19 June 2022",
"Those dog breeds and more will be on showcase starting Saturday as part of the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"And on a day where much of the nation focuses on fathers, that scene will unfold myriad times over when the most exclusive street in one of the world\u2019s most exclusive neighborhoods becomes an open-air showcase for the finest cars in the world. \u2014 Viju Mathew, Robb Report , 18 June 2022",
"Those cameras have done harm to the legislative branch by turning it into a giant showcase for cable-news gigs. \u2014 WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffanys, Ms Hepburn is celebrated in a Vision & Virtuosity showcase alongside a replica frontage of the famous 5th Avenue store, complete with sights and sounds of New York complete with a yellow taxi cab. \u2014 Kate Hardcastle, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Xbox continued to deliver a slow drip of news to gamers Tuesday with an extended presentation in the wake of it\u2019s Sunday showcase . \u2014 Shannon Liao, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"See what other famous items sold at Julien\u2019s Auctions\u2019 Music Icons showcase here. \u2014 Katrina Nattress, SPIN , 22 May 2022",
"Some of his pictures showcase magnificence, while others are intentionally hard to look at. \u2014 Stefanie Blendis, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The first is to showcase the orchestra, which \u2014 under Payare\u2019s expert direction \u2014 has achieved a new level of excellence. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"The final announcement of the opening Summer Games Fest showcase this week was the reveal of The Last of Us Part I, a PS5 remake of the original game. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
"However, certain Stones records have left an indelible mark on music and showcase a band at the height of their powers. \u2014 Tim Moffatt, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"Two new features covered during the interviews showcase the next steps in a strategy first discussed in 2020, allowing players to access Xbox games without owning an Xbox console. \u2014 Mike Hume, Washington Post , 9 June 2022"
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"Gauff wrapped up her 6-3, 6-1 victory over Martina Trevisan to reach her first Grand Slam final, setting up a showdown against No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek on Saturday. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 4 June 2022",
"Honey Mahogany is officially seeking election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, setting up a November political showdown against District Six incumbent Matt Dorsey, who was appointed last month by Mayor London Breed. \u2014 J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 June 2022",
"South Carroll posted wins over Pikesville (23-5) and Western Tech (11-0), setting up a third showdown with Liberty. \u2014 Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun , 23 May 2022",
"Miles also had the top mark in Division II at 37-6, setting up a big showdown . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 May 2022",
"Like McCarthy, Perry rejected the committee\u2019s invitation, potentially setting up a showdown over whether a sitting member of Congress can be compelled to cooperate with a House inquiry. \u2014 Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic , 12 May 2022",
"But McNeill said the defense would not accept any juror selected Monday or Tuesday, setting up a showdown with the judge when the issue comes to a head on Wednesday. \u2014 Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2022",
"In some ways, this would be a rerun of the presidential election five years ago, when Macron beat Le Pen in the first-round vote by 2.7 points, setting up a second-round showdown . \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Kohl's scheduled the shareholder meeting for May 11, setting up a showdown with the activist investors and shareholders to decide which vision of the company's future to go with. \u2014 Ricardo Torres, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Apr. 2022"
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"Please shower before using the pool.",
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"Rice showered down on the newlyweds as they left the church."
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The primary bedroom suite has a dressing room, a large closet, a sauna and a rain shower bath . \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 5 Mar. 2021"
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"\u2014 New Orleans (Louisiana) Times-Picayune"
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"\u2014 Rachel Krause"
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"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a fixture for directing the spray of water in a bathroom shower":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The bathroom, meanwhile, is roomy enough for a walk-in shower with a massaging showerhead . \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 20 May 2022",
"This sunny all-white bathroom by Studio Munroe touts an asymmetrical walk-in shower replete with all the fixtures, including a rainfall showerhead . \u2014 Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful , 17 May 2022",
"This homemade cleaning solution can help dissolve limescale deposit buildup and restore shine to your showerhead . \u2014 Lauren Krueger, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 Apr. 2022",
"From easier access and pouring to adding a showerhead for an instant shower, camping in 2022 is all about these minor but affordable upgrades. \u2014 Breanna Wilson, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"That is, until the handle would turn no longer, and the showerhead unleashed its deepest chill. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"If your showerhead isn\u2019t up to the task, though, your bath faucet can also offer plenty of pleasure. \u2014 Suzannah Weiss, SELF , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Outside, guests can take a long shower in the buff, as there are no walls surrounding the showerhead . \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Jason Allred tested his Arc\u2019teryx not only by standing under his showerhead , but also by jumping into a pool. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 17 Jan. 2022"
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"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"Perhaps you should wear something a little less showy .",
"orchid plants are known for their huge showy flowers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But this is bad advice, as showy and even showoffy rhymes are one of the special glories of English versification. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"More significantly, the actors bring an intense but never showy concentration to their performances that reveals layers underneath the wagging, bragging tongues. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Late season: bottle gentian, Gentiana andrewsii; showy goldenrod, Solidago speciosa (superfood); New England aster, Aster novae-angliae (superfood); white turtlehead, Chelone glabra (immune builder). \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The foliage has fern-like leaves and the flowers are showy blooms with spur protrusions at the bottom. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Once this statement-making plant produces its showy pink blooms, the foliage will slowly decline. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Tall, showy , colorful blooms like red amaryllis make a similar festive statement. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The pizza from La Crosta is not overly dressed or showy ; the toppings not extravagant. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"These dishes are weeknight dinner champions, from a showy asparagus frittata to our simplest roasted asparagus. \u2014 Mehreen Karim, Bon App\u00e9tit , 27 May 2022"
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"1697, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"dog"
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"the gold crown was the showstopper of the exhibition"
]
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"examples":[
"at the modeling agency everyone was a showstopper",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An ombre look is sure to be a showstopper for one of the events on your social calendar. \u2014 Essence , 23 June 2022",
"But sandwiched between those time-and-space-traveling lewks was the real showstopper : a barely-there, rococo-style one-sleeve number paired with some starry pinstripe black trousers. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Fresh seafood is celebrated with an extensive raw bar selection (the shellfish tower is a showstopper ), steam kettles (think, New England clam chowder) and more classic cooked fish entrees (like, striped sea bass and wild salmon). \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Princess Leia has been an awesome hero in almost every decade starting with the '70s, but this look, from 1983's Return of the Jedi, will always be a showstopper . \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 11 May 2022",
"Red carpet co-host Vanessa Hudgens went with a smokey eye and bedazzling earrings, but the real showstopper was her up-do\u2014an intricate bun of Hidden Crown extensions interwoven with shimmering strings. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"In fact, with a touch of embellishment, like the sleeve and belt details on the taupe suit that Sophie, Countess of Wessex for to Prince William and Kate's wedding, an understated color can be a real showstopper . \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Everything from the gardens to the Alster Tower are elaborate and photo-worthy, but, of course, the island's six-story castle is the real showstopper . \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Pitch Perfect star Rebel Wilson turned head with one of her most showstopper looks yet. \u2014 Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping , 19 Mar. 2022"
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"1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"cutey",
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"hottie",
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"unremarkable",
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"Perhaps you should wear something a little less showy .",
"orchid plants are known for their huge showy flowers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But this is bad advice, as showy and even showoffy rhymes are one of the special glories of English versification. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"More significantly, the actors bring an intense but never showy concentration to their performances that reveals layers underneath the wagging, bragging tongues. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Late season: bottle gentian, Gentiana andrewsii; showy goldenrod, Solidago speciosa (superfood); New England aster, Aster novae-angliae (superfood); white turtlehead, Chelone glabra (immune builder). \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The foliage has fern-like leaves and the flowers are showy blooms with spur protrusions at the bottom. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Once this statement-making plant produces its showy pink blooms, the foliage will slowly decline. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Tall, showy , colorful blooms like red amaryllis make a similar festive statement. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The pizza from La Crosta is not overly dressed or showy ; the toppings not extravagant. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"These dishes are weeknight dinner champions, from a showy asparagus frittata to our simplest roasted asparagus. \u2014 Mehreen Karim, Bon App\u00e9tit , 27 May 2022"
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"dramatic",
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"flamboyant",
"grabby",
"kenspeckle",
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"prominent",
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": a profuse-blooming small tree or bush ( Malus floribunda ) having sharply serrulate or serrate leaves and rose-red to pink flowers with usually five styles":[]
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"In the short run , the shortage will drive up parking prices. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Wells Fargo Wealth and Investment Management CIO Darrell Cronk is less optimistic about the outlook in the short run , preaching a defensive posture for investors in the second half of the year until conditions change. \u2014 Jason Bisnoff, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"But in the short run , anything can happen \u2014 and often does. \u2014 Allan Sloan, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
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"Following the show\u2019s short run , Apatow began plugging actors from Freaks and Geeks like Seth Rogen and Jason Segel into his feature films like Knocked Up (2007) later on. \u2014 Scott King, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Democrats talk like the GOP has locked up the Court for all time, but majorities are precarious in anything but the short run . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Whether these markets will continue to rise over the short run is impossible to say. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
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"The pushing movement promotes strength in the arms, shoulder girdle and core. \u2014 Dana Santas, CNN , 7 May 2021",
"This feature \u2013 in addition to our loose shoulder girdle \u2013 makes humans the best throwers in the animal kingdom. \u2014 Kiersten Formoso, The Conversation , 29 Mar. 2021",
"Its shoulder girdle was partially comprised of cartilage. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 23 Oct. 2019",
"The bones at the front end of the plastron correspond to the clavicles and to a bone connecting the clavicles along the midline, or the interclavicle, in the shoulder girdle of other reptiles. \u2014 Hans-dieter Sues, Smithsonian , 20 Aug. 2019",
"This explains how the shoulder girdle , which lies outside the ribcage in other reptiles, ends up inside the ribcage and shell in turtles. \u2014 Hans-dieter Sues, Smithsonian , 20 Aug. 2019",
"To get our best wellness tips delivered to you inbox, sign up for the Healthy Living newsletter Any exercises that improve mobility in your hips and stability in your shoulder girdle are also useful, adds Smith. \u2014 Barbara Brody, Health.com , 7 May 2018",
"The new research can also shed light on ways the shoulder girdle evolved in sharks and other fish over time. \u2014 National Geographic , 18 July 2017",
"Although sharks use their pectoral fins to swim and position themselves over prey, questions were gradually raised about the functions of the shoulder girdle . \u2014 National Geographic , 18 July 2017"
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"Four dozen golfers split into 12 teams and teed off at the Centurion Club in St. Albans outside of London this morning in a shotgun start . \u2014 Cale Clinton, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
"The 54-hole tournament has no cut and a shotgun start , meaning everyone starts at the same time on a different hole. \u2014 Rob Harris, ajc , 8 June 2022",
"The series is being overseen by Greg Norman with 54-hole tournaments and a shotgun start that sees every group start at the same time on different holes. \u2014 Rob Harris, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"The series is being overseen by Greg Norman with 54-hole tournaments and a shotgun start that sees every group start at the same time on different holes. \u2014 Rob Harris, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"Meanwhile London black cabs will be utilized to chauffeur the 48-player field to their starting holes for the 2 p.m. shotgun start . \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Check-in is 10 to 11:45 a.m. with shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 May 2022",
"Registration, breakfast, and the putting contest begin at 7:30 a.m., with shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Apr. 2022",
"In July, the Community Strong Golf Event, presented by Northwestern Medicine, will begin with a shotgun start at 1 p.m., followed by a patio party reception from 6 \u2013 8 p.m., the release said. \u2014 Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"In the past the authorities have avoided forcing losses on account-holders after banks have failed, by arranging shotgun marriages with healthy institutions. \u2014 The Economist , 10 Oct. 2019",
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"Sharon Magallanes, 39, of the 4400 block of Mozart Street, Chicago, received a local ordinance citation for retail theft Oct. 26 after attempting to shoplift $83.47 worth of items from Walmart, 137 W. North Ave. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 2 Nov. 2021",
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"Erica Borges, 34, of the 6400 block of North Seeley Avenue, Chicago, on March 7 was charged with retail theft after attempting to shoplift from Footlocker, 4184 N. Harlem Ave. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"There were other attention-getting stunts, like having another member go on Bill Maher\u2019s show and suggest that members of the working class should feel free to just shoplift Chumbawamba\u2019s new CD. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 14 Mar. 2022",
"They\u2019ll be given unlimited makeup from Shoppers Drug Mart, which is cute and on theme because that\u2019s where teens shoplift makeup from. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 10 Dec. 2021",
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"Reagan, the German shorthair , is opening his legs now, moving fast, while Clooney, the setter, works closer to Loral I, his body twisting one way, then another, following his nose. \u2014 Star Tribune , 3 Dec. 2020",
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"On Tuesday, a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge ruled that Metro did not have to mention in its official short ballot explanation that the payroll tax is not temporary. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Sep. 2020",
"Mayor Ron Nirenberg and several council members threw their support behind the request, acknowledging the advantages to the program of being on a shorter ballot . \u2014 Krista Torralva, ExpressNews.com , 15 Jan. 2020"
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"In fact, for those who want to criticize, please stop whining, and form a short line to the left. \u2014 Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun , 9 May 2022",
"Even the smallest Easter egg, like a short line of dialogue, might be enough to trigger a connection between movies. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 5 May 2022",
"The Nets have both the talent and experience to serve up a new game plan, and the short line gives spread bettors a chance to back the Nets to pick up the narrow win at home. \u2014 Zack Jones, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"To cover the short line , Dallas will need more from Ezekiel Elliott, after the RB only posted 33 yards on 11 carries against the Buccaneers. \u2014 Zack Jones, Forbes , 19 Sep. 2021",
"But my daughter and I got in the short line to try. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 27 July 2021",
"In March, Stepan Belokopytov finished his shift as a foreman at one of the world\u2019s most remote mines in Siberia, washed up, waited in a short line and received his first Covid-19 vaccination. \u2014 Alexandra Wexler, WSJ , 12 June 2021",
"Justin Orange and his two sons, Jayden, 15, and Justin II, 17, all of East Chicago, were waiting in their SUV Saturday in a short line outside the COVID-19 mass vaccination site at Roosevelt High School in Gary. \u2014 Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com , 31 May 2021",
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"Apparently, a shortwave radio station that can be heard around the world has been broadcasting since the 1980s, and nobody knows who is running it \u2014 nor does anyone claim to own it. \u2014 Lisa Bubert, Longreads , 15 June 2022",
"The National Weather Service says a plume of subtropical moisture has hitched a ride with a shortwave moving south from the Gulf of Alaska and will provide much of western Oregon with rain, sometimes heavy throughout the day. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 May 2022",
"To distribute its news content, the BBC launched an account on TikTok in Russian and English and has been broadcasting over shortwave radio in Ukraine and parts of Russia to locals, said Mr. Burgess. \u2014 Benjamin Mullin, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Breaking through Russia's digital Iron Curtain Inaugurated during the Cold War, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty pierced the Iron Curtain via shortwave radio, presenting news broadcasts to countries where freedom of the press was under assault. \u2014 CBS News , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Kolpakov recalled how his parents, in Soviet times, listened to illicit broadcasts of Voice of America and the BBC over shortwave radio. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The meandering whine of the supercharger sounds like there is a shortwave radio behind the seats. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"Chandra X-ray Observatory spotted the shock wave earlier this month. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 21 June 2022",
"The first pandemic shock wave arrived early for restaurants, when diners vanished and outlets shuttered. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"Researchers found the nerve effects were not caused by shock wave or heat, but by the electromagnetic pulse produced by the expanding plasma fireball. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
"Victims can be killed by the blast or the accompanying shock wave , and the subsequent vacuum can rupture people\u2019s lungs. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The first images of the eruption and shock wave could be seen from space. \u2014 Judson Jones And Jennifer Gray, CNN , 17 Jan. 2022",
"The eruption also sent atmospheric shock wave and sonic booms across the globe, but a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters on Tuesday showed the effects also reached into space. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022",
"Our modern explanation of the solar system\u2019s creation goes like this: a shock wave from a nearby star going supernova initiated the collapse of our solar nebula. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Researchers say that a shock wave from the original supernova is still ripping through the cloud. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 10 Apr. 2022"
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"Too many times, Smith was given the ball late in the shot clock with Tigers guards looking for the big man to bail them out. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 23 June 2022",
"Indiana\u2019s defense locked in on New York, forcing several turnovers and shots late in the shot clock . \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 2 June 2022",
"By doing that, Paul doesn\u2019t usually get it back until later in the shot clock . \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 10 May 2022",
"The National Federation of High Schools, to which the AIA belongs, finally opened the door to the shot clock , which allowed the AIA to invite the schools for their input. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
"Officials have mulled adding a pitch clock, similar to a shot clock in basketball or the pre-snap play clock in football. \u2014 Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"The shot that Michigan basketball will remember forever was born of desperation, from a dwindling shot clock and a vanishing lead, from a season that began with Final Four aspirations but resembled something far worse in the months preceding March. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 20 Mar. 2022",
"In a play only made possible because Utah does not have a shot clock \u2014 something set to change next season \u2014 Lone Peak whiled away the final 2:37 of regulation. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The game is the longest game since the advent of the 24-second shot clock in 1954. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That could mean a seared chicken breast over a salad of greens, or even braised short ribs served with a pickled or crunchy side salad. \u2014 Hannah Selinger, Outside Online , 14 May 2021",
"On Friday, Colicchio will be whipping up pastrami duck breast with a cherry salad and buffet-style short ribs . \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 18 May 2022",
"At her local kosher butcher shop, the prices were rising even higher: more than $200 for a 5-pack of short ribs . \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"Some favorites include beef short ribs , lamb shoulder with mint and fennel and Omani rock lobster with quinoa. \u2014 Sherrie Nachman, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"But the short ribs also would have been perfect for one of my favorite dishes in the world: niu rou mian, Taiwanese beef noodle soup. \u2014 Danny Chau, The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Margaret Yee, who owns Utah\u2019s oldest operating Chinese restaurant, had prepared a lunch of fried rice, noodles, wontons and short ribs as a gesture of thanks to the researchers who are helping her community reconnect with its heritage. \u2014 Matt Stirn, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Add the water and the short ribs , set the pot over medium-high heat, and bring to a simmer. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The bulgogi breakfast wraps were made with thick chive pancakes of the Chinese street food variety that were stuffed with a straightforward dollop of scrambled eggs and beef short ribs . \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Police responded to a shoplifter in custody at 11:23 a.m. Feb. 15. \u2014 Brian Lisik, cleveland , 7 Mar. 2022",
"On April 16, a Meijer asset protection detective called police after a shoplifter left the Broadview Road store. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 11 May 2022",
"North Olmsted police officers responded at 2:49 p.m. Jan. 29 to Walmart after a loss prevention officer called to complain of a female shoplifter . \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The shoplifter then leaves the store with the bag on the bike, the video shows. \u2014 Eric Levenson And Cheri Mossburg, CNN , 16 June 2021",
"The incident happened a year before the same dog ripped the scalp off a shoplifter hiding in bushes. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Loss prevention at Home Depot chased a shoplifter out of the store Feb. 11 but lost sight of her in the parking lot. \u2014 cleveland , 16 Feb. 2022",
"According to police reports, the shoplifter left a fake Tennessee driver\u2019s license at the scene and nearly hit a police officer with a car while evading arrest. \u2014 Khari Johnson, Wired , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Police went to Marc\u2019s at 1:33 p.m. Dec. 7 about a shoplifter . \u2014 cleveland , 16 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Apparently, a shortwave radio station that can be heard around the world has been broadcasting since the 1980s, and nobody knows who is running it \u2014 nor does anyone claim to own it. \u2014 Lisa Bubert, Longreads , 15 June 2022",
"The National Weather Service says a plume of subtropical moisture has hitched a ride with a shortwave moving south from the Gulf of Alaska and will provide much of western Oregon with rain, sometimes heavy throughout the day. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 May 2022",
"To distribute its news content, the BBC launched an account on TikTok in Russian and English and has been broadcasting over shortwave radio in Ukraine and parts of Russia to locals, said Mr. Burgess. \u2014 Benjamin Mullin, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Breaking through Russia's digital Iron Curtain Inaugurated during the Cold War, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty pierced the Iron Curtain via shortwave radio, presenting news broadcasts to countries where freedom of the press was under assault. \u2014 CBS News , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Kolpakov recalled how his parents, in Soviet times, listened to illicit broadcasts of Voice of America and the BBC over shortwave radio. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The meandering whine of the supercharger sounds like there is a shortwave radio behind the seats. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
"However, with the approaching shortwave and its cooler air aloft, these layers could be eroded enough to not hamper storm intensity. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 July 2021",
"On this day, the approach of a weak wave in the upper level flow (called a shortwave ) along the Mason-Dixon Line helped trigger more widespread activity. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many of those forests were cleared for development or replaced with faster-growing shortleaf pine species for timber farming operations. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Relax in thermal waters piped right from the hot springs, hike through rare shortleaf pine forests, or look out over the rolling Ouachita Mountains from the 216-foot-tall Hot Springs Mountain Tower. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2020",
"Of 86 species tracked in both inventories, including the shortleaf pine , black ash, sassafras and silver maples, 73 percent shifted westward, and 62 percent shifted northward. \u2014 Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian , 18 May 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many traditionalists think learning to shoot iron sights is the best way to get started, but that\u2019s not my preference. \u2014 Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life , 21 May 2020",
"After all, no one wants to lug a 9-pound shooting iron in the squirrel woods. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 11 Sep. 2019",
"There are few things more frightening than the possibility that participants in today\u2019s hyperpolarized partisan politics will all get into the habit of threatening to take up shooting irons to redress the imperfections of our political system. \u2014 Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer , 19 Mar. 2018",
"The occasion was a routine refusal of the Court to intervene in a highly technical California case involving that state\u2019s ten-day waiting period for the purchase of shooting irons . \u2014 Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer , 20 Feb. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Minutes later, two more blasts destroyed a neighbor\u2019s empty home and a shop down the road, killing its 16-year-old shopkeeper . \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"One video showed a store as a man bought eggs and conversed with the shopkeeper . \u2014 Lindsay Ellis, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"And the shopkeeper mistakes them for a married couple... \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 May 2022",
"Francois, a shopkeeper , he was taken away, my friend. \u2014 Nick Paton Walsh, CNN , 21 Dec. 2021",
"These clashes reached a fever pitch in March 1991, when Korean shopkeeper Soon Ja Du killed 15-year-old Latasha Harlins and received probation. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In addition to serving as an executive producer, Moreno had a small role in Spielberg\u2019s film as a shopkeeper named Valentina. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The young Afghan shopkeeper knows the high price of living in the line of fire. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The shopkeeper publicly questioned whether O\u2019Neil should be buying ingredients to bake cookies, given the size of her body. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022"
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": a bill of exchange maturing in 30 days or less and sometimes in ten days or less \u2014 compare long bill":[]
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a catch (as in baseball) made very close to the feet":[]
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"examples":[
"The left fielder made a shoestring catch .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Betts charged on the ball and made a shoestring catch , then came up firing as Herrera tagged and tried to score. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
"There was the shoestring catch Betts made on a sinking line drive by Dansby Swanson in Game 5 with the Dodgers down, three games to one. \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 10 Oct. 2021",
"But Sox right fielder Hunter Renfroe raced to the warning track in front of the Sox bullpen and, with his back to the plate, made a backhanded, shoestring catch to rob Arozarena of extra bases. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Gebbia then took over, and Musgrave was able to keep this drive afloat on third-and-10 with a shoestring catch for 20 yards. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Cordero had three hits, made a shoestring catch to end a Tigers threat and then brought home the game-winning run in the eighth with the help of Detroit\u2019s fourth error. \u2014 Jimmy Golen, courant.com , 6 May 2021",
"Hern\u00e1ndez made an impressive shoestring catch in front of the Red Sox bullpen on a ball that appeared to take a hard right, while Gonzalez made a brilliant glove-hand flip to Arroyo on an eighth-inning grounder to initiate a 6-4-3 double play. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Apr. 2021",
"Smith got the next two batters, including a Kyleigh Waugh, who scorched a ball to left, only to have left fielder Eva Alkins make a shoestring catch . \u2014 Randy Mcroberts, baltimoresun.com , 20 Mar. 2021",
"In Game 5, Betts made a shoestring catch that resulted in a game-changing, inning-ending double play. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Nov. 2020"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"showtime":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the scheduled or actual time at which a show or something likened to a show begins":[]
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"examples":[
"We have five minutes until showtime .",
"Showtime is in five minutes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those ticketholders must show proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of their showtime . \u2014 cleveland , 30 July 2021",
"Films in this series are shown the first showtime Monday-Friday. \u2014 Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com , 30 June 2021",
"Check Fandango to find a showtime at a theater near you. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 31 Mar. 2021",
"Only 200 streams will be available for each showtime , and those who purchase streams will also receive access to a digital version of a traditional performance. \u2014 Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News , 26 June 2020",
"Only 200 streams will be available for each showtime , and those who purchase streams will also receive access to a digital version of a traditional performance. \u2014 Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News , 26 June 2020",
"Only 200 streams will be available for each showtime , and those who purchase streams will also receive access to a digital version of a traditional performance. \u2014 Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News , 26 June 2020",
"Only 200 streams will be available for each showtime , and those who purchase streams will also receive access to a digital version of a traditional performance. \u2014 Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News , 26 June 2020",
"Only 200 streams will be available for each showtime , and those who purchase streams will also receive access to a digital version of a traditional performance. \u2014 Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News , 26 June 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1893, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230417"
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"\u2014 Isaac Hale"
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"Each scenario begins with a spotter hitting a timer, and as soon as the scenario begins, shooters pull out their first pistol from their holster and shoot five rounds into the targets \u2026",
"\u2014 Isaac Hale"
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"If the ball carrier continues to cut across in front of the net, the goalie must move with the shooter in order to cover the angle.",
"\u2014 Jim Hinkson"
],
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"If the ball carrier continues to cut across in front of the net, the goalie must move with the shooter in order to cover the angle.",
"\u2014 Jim Hinkson"
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"\u2014 Dan Richards"
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"\u2014 Dan Richards"
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],
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"\u2014 usually used in combination six- shooter"
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": a marble shot from the hand":[],
": a video game where the play is primarily focused on shooting enemies":[
"A first-person shooter is a game in which you, the player, carry a weapon into some sort of video game conflict. It can be a simulation of a battlefield, like the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.",
"\u2014 Nick Bilton",
"So it's hardly surprising that the military has made use of video game shooters in its training and recruiting efforts.",
"\u2014 Peter Suderman"
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"\u02c8sh\u00fc-t\u0259r"
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"sharpshooter",
"shot"
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"examples":[
"The police are looking for the shooter .",
"there were eight shooters taking turns at the same target in the final competition"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"type":[
"phrasal verb"
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": to move over to make room for someone else":[
"Shove over so that I can sit down, too."
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": bearing less than the required amount of stamps : having insufficient postage":[
"short-paid airmail letter"
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]
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large and chiefly white albatross ( Diomedea albatrus ) found in the northern Pacific ocean":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232850"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mealybug having short terminal filaments":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a field event in which a shot is heaved for distance":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His winning discus throw was ninth this season, while his shot put ranked seventh statewide. \u2014 cleveland , 29 June 2022",
"McCallum went on to score 1,000 points as a basketball star at Rice University, but for Milford was the state shot put champion as a junior in 1991. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"Glades Middle eighth-grader Christien Moreau cruised to the shot put title with a throw of 56-0, which was nearly 16 feet farther than runner-up Tyshawn Taylor, an eighth-grader at Millennium. \u2014 Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"The Tucson native won an indoor shot put NCAA championship in March. \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022",
"Maggie Brogioli, Old Rochester, 3,138. Newton North's Skye Petrie-Cameron won the state championship in the girls' shot put . \u2014 Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"Wasilla had individual winners in Dylan Jeffus (long jump), Eric Kolomeychuk ( shot put ) and Deshawn Campbell (110 hurdles). \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022",
"Elli was 2-for-3 with three RBI, and her sixth-inning solo shot put the Tigers ahead for good in their postseason opener. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
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"One of her favorites is the whimsical Bunny Williams shopping bag waste bin from Ballard Designs ($179, ballarddesigns.com). \u2014 Sarah Lyon, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
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"Imagine Vladimir Putin has sent his shock troops to level your hometown, to occupy your high school and drop a missile on the hospital where you were born. \u2014 Matthew Hennessey, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"According to this way of thinking, the U.S. military provides the shock troops of global capital, in a conspiracy to ensure the profitability of U.S. corporations. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The group\u2014which spun out of Bernie Sanders\u2019s 2016 presidential campaign\u2014gathered shock troops this week outside Ms. Sinema\u2019s Phoenix and Tucson offices to make a start on that threat. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 14 Oct. 2021",
"While the Emperor uses his deadly shock troops , the Sardaukar, to maintain order, rival houses jockey for power behind the scenes. \u2014 Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone , 12 Oct. 2021",
"In this section, one discovers that the Orcs, the malevolent shock troops of Middle-earth\u2019s dark forces, were vampiric. \u2014 Bradley J. Birzer, National Review , 26 Sep. 2021",
"Many of the eight hundred or so shock troops who invaded the Capitol were drawn from their ranks. \u2014 Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books , 1 July 2021",
"But unless shock troops succeeded in seizing a Taiwanese port without seriously damaging it, these merchantmen would need some way of offloading their passengers and cargo. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 10 Sep. 2021",
"President Joe Biden has requested $10 billion for the climate shock troops in his American Jobs Plan. \u2014 Star Tribune , 28 July 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The boy noted the soldier was displaying the flag of Afghanistan on his ID card and the American flag on a shoulder patch . \u2014 Jim Walsh, USA TODAY , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Bexley jacket by Peregrine is fashioned with 3 pockets, a neck strap and a gun shoulder patch . \u2014 Angela Lei, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
"Alabama\u2019s coat of arms is found on many governmental seals of the state and is worn as a shoulder patch by Alabama State Troopers. \u2014 al , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Putnam Police officers also replaced their standard shoulder patch with their variation of the Pink Patch throughout the month of October to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer. \u2014 courant.com , 18 Dec. 2020",
"The officer\u2019s shoulder patch was visible, according to court documents. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Sep. 2020",
"The clue was on their flag and shoulder patches , which showed a wild goose flying. \u2014 The Economist , 20 Feb. 2020",
"Double shoulder patches and brier-proof sleeve armor are straight out of the upland playbook, but the shirt gets all vesty with an oversize bellows chest pocket for extra shells and an integrated blood-proof game bag. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 10 Dec. 2019",
"The dumpy chicken-like creature with a rufous shoulder patch was a corn crake (Crex crex), a meadow-dwelling relative of the cranes from Europe. \u2014 Richard O. Prum, New York Times , 23 Jan. 2018"
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"They were forced to confess their guilt in public show trials .",
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"However different the particulars are from the current American show trial , The Confession still goes to the heart of specious judicial behavior \u2014 and the nightmare of a country and its media accepting it as normal. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 15 June 2022",
"In 1928, the Soviet Union, then six years old, embarked on its first Five-Year Plan and held its first major political show trial . \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The series\u2014part propaganda, part show trial \u2014was produced by state broadcaster CGTN and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Party\u2019s anticorruption watchdog. \u2014 Wenxin Fan, WSJ , 5 Feb. 2022",
"After a show trial for crimes against the state, he was sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years of hard labor and his family heard nothing from him for 15 months. \u2014 Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer , 19 Jan. 2022",
"In Stalin's days, which are very much in Russia's living memory, such a designation would have led to a quick show trial and, for the lucky few, a bullet in the back of the head. \u2014 Sam Kiley, CNN , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Bukharin was executed after providing a false confession at a show trial . \u2014 The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Held in Vitebsk, the six-day show trial was similar to the medieval disputations with which Jews had contended for centuries. \u2014 Dovid Margolin, WSJ , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The show trial offered no academic value apart from humiliation. \u2014 Ari Blaff, National Review , 30 July 2021"
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"The watch is supposed to be waterproof and shockproof .",
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"Providing moderate protection, this shockproof case will protect your phone from minor scratches and drops. \u2014 Douglas Helm, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
"The essentials Arizona slide is waterproof, shockproof , and won't irritate your skin\u2014with a molded footbed your feet will appreciate. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 May 2022",
"The durable, soft, TPU full-body inner case comes with cushioned, shockproof edges to provide more safety for your phone. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The durable, soft, TPU full-body inner case comes with cushioned, shockproof edges to provide more safety for your phone. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The durable, soft, TPU full-body inner case comes with cushioned, shockproof edges to provide more safety for your phone. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The durable, soft, TPU full-body inner case comes with cushioned, shockproof edges to provide more safety for your phone. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The durable shockproof case prevents bumps and scratches. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The durable, soft, TPU full-body inner case comes with cushioned, shockproof edges to provide more safety for your phone. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 7 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Elves named Mortz, Schwartz, Hazel, Gracie and Studebaker then help the shoemaker named Lockhart Cobblestone by secretly making shoes for the town of Clankbottom. \u2014 Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"The start of summer and perhaps the premiere of Elvis (for which the shoemaker outfitted Austin Butler's Elvis in slick footwear). \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
"Avenatti was previously convicted of trying to extort Nike if the shoemaker didn't pay him up to $25 million. \u2014 CBS News , 16 June 2022",
"In 2015, James reached a lifetime deal with shoemaker Nike. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
"Like most everyone in the Italian District, the family of Mr. Pe\u00f1a, the shoemaker , dreams of a more peaceful life. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Bryant\u2019s Nike shoes are some of the most popular in the NBA, but last spring, his contract with the shoemaker expired. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Bryant\u2019s Nike shoes are some of the most popular in the NBA, but last spring, his contract with the shoemaker expired. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Just last month, the Italian shoemaker released its ambitious social corporate responsibility plan, including aims to become carbon neutral internationally in the next three years. \u2014 Annie Davidson, Robb Report , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"There's no need to shout at me.",
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"I gave a sudden shout of surprise when the shower abruptly turned ice-cold.",
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"Allen\u2019s audio frequently dropped and Baldwin had to shout for help at home in Spanish and trouble-shoot tech issues in the middle of the Live chat. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"The band struck up \u2018The Maize and the Blue\u2019 and Michigan men and women began to shout . \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"There were times when fans would hurl insults about his eyes or shout names of Chinese takeout dishes at him during games. \u2014 Kimmy Yam, NBC News , 16 June 2022",
"Those two years just drove it home that this is a very special thing to be able to stand in front of people who have paid a lot of money to sit in a dark room to see people shout at each other. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Someone can shout harassment, hate or misinformation, and then others pile on. \u2014 Jessica Maddox, The Conversation , 3 May 2022",
"The disaster ignited widespread anger in Abadan, where residents alleging government negligence gathered nightly at the site of the collapse to shout slogans against the Islamic Republic. \u2014 Isabel Debre, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"Opposing teams shout a little louder than normal, Barrera said, to try to get in Albayati\u2019s head. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
"This is not a product that wants to shout its wealth and knowledge. \u2014 Nargess Banks, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
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"The Emmy nominee also gave a special shout -out to tarot card reader Dante Sabatino, who predicted that June would be special for Woodley. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"And the show really works at getting Chicago right, from a shout -out to White Sox legend to Minnie Minoso to name-checking a very local celebrity. \u2014 Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel , 29 June 2022",
"Not only does Drake land some nice lines himself (gotta love a Yellowstone shout -out), but 21 Savage is absolutely ferocious on there, stealing the song with one of his greatest guest spots to date. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
"During his remarks, Coppin State University President Anthony Jenkins gave a shout -out to Col. Sheree Briscoe, a Coppin State graduate who is the first African American woman promoted to deputy city police commissioner. \u2014 Lea Skene, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"Collins gave Kemp a shout -out in his primary victory address, thanking the governor for his endorsement. \u2014 Fox News , 22 June 2022",
"Instead of laughing along and enjoying the national shout -out, the usually easy-going Schwindel took umbrage last week when asked about Colbert\u2019s remark. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"But first, a special shout -out to a web series that doesn't quite fit with the rest, but certainly walked so First Kill could run. \u2014 Amanda Ostuni, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
"The singer thanked the staff who helped transform her home into the perfect wedding venue, as well as gave a shout -out to her celebrity attendees. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is a revenge thriller in which the dramatic points, other than the celebration of military fellowship, are those of a shooting gallery . \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"The design brings to life the musical\u2019s instigating image of a fairground shooting gallery . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
"This was back when comedy was a shooting gallery rather than a self-pleasuring circle of Chuck Schumer stenographers. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Twelve thousand years ago is nothing in cosmic time and the solar system remains a shooting gallery of comets, asteroids and other ordnance. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 3 Nov. 2021",
"In wartime, the Black Sea could become a shooting gallery . \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The first buildings were fully functional businesses, including a motel, an ice cream parlor, a shooting gallery and the Red Dog Saloon, according to Pioneertown\u2019s website. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Oct. 2021",
"The bowling alley was used as a shooting gallery when the building housed a sporting goods store. \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Oct. 2021",
"The farm\u2019s weekend Harvest Festival include a U-pick pumpkin patch, corn maze, petting zoo, nature trail, corn hole toss, bounce house and a paintball shooting gallery . \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Sep. 2021"
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"Jeffrey Loria, an art dealer who owned the Marlins in 2003, commissioned a championship ring with 228 diamond chips and 13 rubies, part of a massive showpiece with the team name displayed across a twisting fish, with a teal diamond as its eye. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The Brooklyn Tower also cashed in on its proximity to the 1908 Dime Savings Bank, a Beaux-Arts showpiece next door. \u2014 Ian Volner, Curbed , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"Afterlife actor then simulated a massage on Colbert, who went face-down on his desk to get a shoulder knot worked on. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 16 Nov. 2021"
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"By this time, the winds were falling, down to around 30 miles per hour sustained, but gusts will still burst snow into a walker\u2019s -- or young snow shoveler \u2019s -- face. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Other waterfowl, such as the American coot and the northern shoveler , are even more numerous. \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Jan. 2022",
"In Pittsfield, observers saw a great egret, a northern shoveler , and an osprey at Lake Pontoosuc. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Western Massachusetts: There was a red-throated loon in Pittsfield, a Northern shoveler and three palm warblers in Cheshire, and a Louisiana waterthrush at October Mountain State Park. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Apr. 2021",
"No duck may be less coveted by hunters than the northern shoveler , but none of us would pass on this spoonbill/wigeon hybrid. \u2014 Ryan Chelius, Outdoor Life , 1 Mar. 2021",
"Five pine warblers were seen along with two Northern shovelers at Four Points by Sheraton in Norwood, a winter wren at McCarthy Park in Medfield, and two fox sparrows at Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary in Belmont. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Feb. 2020",
"Nantucket: Two Northern shovelers were seen on Miacomet Pond and a tufted duck continues to be seen at Madaket. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Feb. 2020",
"All shovelers will have to submit to metal detectors upon entry on Sunday morning, and, in order to expedite the process, no bags, purses or backpacks will be permitted. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 10 Jan. 2020"
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"Foxconn is holding hostage about 4,000 acres of shovel -ready land in the southeastern corner of Wisconsin. \u2014 Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Sure, there are YouTube videos on how to do it, and people who sell shovels at the hardware store are always good for some advice, but the only real way to learn is to just get a shovel and get out there and do it. \u2014 Brendan Leonard, Outside Online , 23 Jan. 2022",
"The woman with the shovel in those mysterious promos turned out to be Dakota Kai, who cost Raquel Gonzalez the NXT Women\u2019s Championship. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"At one point, a Big White was caught on video clubbing a corgi pup to death with a shovel . \u2014 Han Zhang, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
"During one drunken brawl, he was beaten with a shovel , shot in the back and left for dead. \u2014 Emily Bobrow, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"The parks district begins researching and drawing up specifications early, so projects are shovel ready by the time funding is nailed down, said Sean McDermott, Metroparks\u2019 chief planning and design officer. \u2014 Robert Higgs, cleveland , 7 May 2022",
"The gruesome clip shows the COVID prevention worker chasing the dog down the street before striking it several times with a shovel , killing it. \u2014 Andrew Marquardt, Fortune , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Last year, a woman who was attacked by an alligator on Hilton Head Island was rescued by a neighbor who hit the animal with a shovel . \u2014 CBS News , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"Find an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel their driveway. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 19 Jan. 2022",
"China\u2019s voracious appetite for the metal to shovel into steel furnaces sent prices above $50,000 a metric ton in 2007, a record that stood until last week. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 13 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s a new tool for athletes who shovel down their recovery meals. \u2014 Lauren Steele, Outside Online , 4 Sep. 2014",
"In addition, Kurtz noted that residents can help the city\u2019s snow-removal efforts by doing the following: \u00b7 Do not shovel or plow snow into city streets. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Commissioner Dan Ryan asked people to shovel their sidewalks and look in on housed and unhoused neighbors. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Dec. 2021",
"His wife picked up the prescription and a few days later, Carlson felt well enough to shovel snow. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Looking for help, Maria turned to her neighbors on Nextdoor and made a post on Nextdoor asking if neighbors could help shovel their walkway. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 16 Feb. 2022",
"High winds and strong snowfall did not stop some from trying to shovel early. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Jan. 2022"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022337"
},
"shoplifts":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to steal displayed goods from a store":[],
": to steal (displayed goods) from a store":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sh\u00e4p-\u02cclift"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The manager saw the kids shoplift and called the police.",
"The kids shoplifted candy from the store.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The shop has a full-time security guard because so many people try to shoplift . \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"After the canine attempted to shoplift the plush several times, employees called Duplin County Animal Services for assistance. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"Sharon Magallanes, 39, of the 4400 block of Mozart Street, Chicago, received a local ordinance citation for retail theft Oct. 26 after attempting to shoplift $83.47 worth of items from Walmart, 137 W. North Ave. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 2 Nov. 2021",
"The enhancement stems from a precedent set in the 1980s during the case of Curtis Estes, who attempted to shoplift clothing from a store in Vallejo. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Erica Borges, 34, of the 6400 block of North Seeley Avenue, Chicago, on March 7 was charged with retail theft after attempting to shoplift from Footlocker, 4184 N. Harlem Ave. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"There were other attention-getting stunts, like having another member go on Bill Maher\u2019s show and suggest that members of the working class should feel free to just shoplift Chumbawamba\u2019s new CD. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 14 Mar. 2022",
"They\u2019ll be given unlimited makeup from Shoppers Drug Mart, which is cute and on theme because that\u2019s where teens shoplift makeup from. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Myron Edwards, 29, of the 1000 block of Parkside Avenue, Chicago, received a local ordinance citation for retail theft on Jan. 2 after attempting to shoplift kitty litter, litter bags, lotion, soap and energy drinks at Walgreens, 7200 North Ave. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 25 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"back-formation from shoplifter":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1756, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
