1298 lines
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1298 lines
57 KiB
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"Rivera":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Diego 1886\u20131957 Mexican painter":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"ri-\u02c8ver-\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130509",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"rivage":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a duty paid to the crown for the passage of ships on various rivers":[],
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": shore , coast , bank":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Middle French, from rive bank, shore (from Latin ripa ) + -age":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8riv-",
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"\u02c8r\u012bvij"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112006",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rivage green":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a moderate yellow green to light yellowish green":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"r\u0259\u0307\u02c8v\u00e4zh-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111351",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rival":{
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"antonyms":[
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"battle",
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"compete",
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"contend",
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"face off",
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"fight",
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"race",
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"vie"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": companion , associate":[],
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": equal , peer":[],
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": having the same pretensions or claims : competing":[],
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": one of two or more striving to reach or obtain something that only one can possess":[],
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": one striving for competitive advantage":[],
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": to act as a rival : compete":[],
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": to be in competition with":[],
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": to possess qualities or aptitudes that approach or equal (those of another)":[],
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": to strive to equal or excel : emulate":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The teams have been longtime rivals .",
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"The men are romantic rivals for her affection.",
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"Verb",
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"The company manufactures paper that rivals the world's best.",
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"The new museum will rival the largest in the world.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Behind the scenes, their low-level employees fight the most fearsome rival of all \u2013 corporate bureaucracy. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
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"The opening day payroll of the division rival Oakland Athletics: $48 million. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
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"The fledgling rival to the PGA Tour is attracting big names with big money and generating controversy to match. \u2014 John Keilman, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
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"According to Bloomberg, the would-be Apple Watch rival would have lacked an integrated app store, requiring wearers to use a Facebook account for management. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 9 June 2022",
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"The news came just months after the Rite Aid rival opened a 7,000-square foot storefront at Pioneer Courthouse Square in April 2021 as part of the chain\u2019s rapid expansion. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 June 2022",
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"Piggott was known for acts of aggressive midrace gamesmanship, like stealing one jockey\u2019s whip and squeezing another\u2019s testicles so hard that the rival teared up. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
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"Then, as the rival began to weaken, Ali would seize the moment and pummel him. \u2014 Joel Kotkin, National Review , 30 May 2022",
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"Their collective team batting average is .231, well behind the division rival Dodgers at .246 and the Giants at .249. \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Those rival services in particular have proved popular among advertisers hoping to reach younger audiences. \u2014 Miles Kruppa, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
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"Wynn originally proposed an 1,800-seat venue but has since scaled the project back to under 1,000 seats after rival theater operators complained to the state gaming commission. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
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"During the first quarter, rival services saw an increase of more than 35% from the fourth quarter in terms of new subscribers who had canceled Netflix in the last 30 days. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
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"Opposition expected from local venues There could still be opposition from rival venue operators \u2014 who protested FPC Live's Third Ward plans. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
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"The Disney+ ban on rival entertainment services may seem surprising, as many media companies accept movie trailers and commercials from rivals like Netflix, Amazon and Apple. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 17 May 2022",
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"The two prospects most commonly connected to the Pacers by rival teams are Keegan Murray and Jaden Ivey. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 7 June 2022",
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"Instead, fans of the rival teams were guided to separate venues closer to the city limits. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
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"The Park View Locos quickly discovered that Escobar Mendez was not a rival gang member and withheld that information from MS-13 leaders for fear of being punished, Vigil Mejia said. \u2014 Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Female athletes have yet to rival the social media outreach of Cristiano Ronaldo at 455 million Instagram followers or LeBron James at 124 million, but Serena Williams has built a following of 14.9 million and Simone Biles has 6.8 million. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
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"So what could Roman produce to rival that iconic image",
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"Sotheby\u2019s Concierge Auctions recently listed a stunning 11,200-square-foot estate on the Bay Area\u2019s Belvedere Island, and the property could be said to rival some of the top homes around the world. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 6 June 2022",
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"The four-day celebrations surrounding the Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee this weekend have been marked by their pomp and pageantry\u2014but even so, in terms of sheer spectacle, nothing was going to rival tonight\u2019s Party at the Palace. \u2014 Vogue , 4 June 2022",
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"The Ukrainian counteroffensive there was beginning to rival the one that pushed Russian troops away from Kyiv, Ukraine\u2019s capital, last month, the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington research group, said. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
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"Heitz Cellars, Robert Mondavi, Schramsberg, Stag\u2019s Leap Wine Cellars and other wineries opened in the 1960s and early 1970s with ambitions of restoring California wine to pre-Prohibition glory and making wines to rival the best of France. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
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"But the best parks in Houston also offer great perks\u2014waterfalls, fountains, footbridges, sculptures, waterside promenades, skyline panoramas and even terraces that rival those of private clubs. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"And, in between the liquor stores and Latino barber shops, a strip mall bustled with restaurants offering a stunning assortment of regional cuisines that rival those found in the open-air markets of Mexico. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 23 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1592, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"1607, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin rivalis one using the same stream as another, rival in love, from rivalis of a stream, from rivus stream \u2014 more at run":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u012b-v\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"coequal",
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"compeer",
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"coordinate",
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"counterpart",
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"equal",
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"equivalent",
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"fellow",
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"like",
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"match",
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"parallel",
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"peer"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105906",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"rivality":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": rivalry":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin rivalitas , from rivalis rival + -itas -ity":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"r\u012b\u02c8val\u0259t\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115348",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rivalry":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the act of rivaling : the state of being a rival : competition":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"There is a bitter rivalry between the two groups.",
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"a strong sense of rivalry",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Padilla bends light through Jell-O, explains entropy by invoking the soccer rivalry between Manchester and Liverpool, and walks us through Max Planck\u2019s work by referencing Squid Game, the massively popular Korean TV series. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 16 June 2022",
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"The blockade of oil facilities is driven by a political rivalry between two main factions in the country over the control of Libya\u2019s government. \u2014 Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
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"Handwritten signs left at the scenes of the killings suggested the attacks were part of a rivalry between two drug cartels that have been battling for control of Guanajuato state for several years. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 11 June 2022",
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"Did that real-life competition end up helping the on-screen rivalry and competition between your characters",
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"Then, the rivalry between the Warriors and Cavaliers was born. \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
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"An outsize personality, a rivalry between two modern titans and the memories of a life spent obsessed with the game. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
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"The eighth meeting between Orlando City and Inter Miami will be possibly one of the most important in the short rivalry between the two. \u2014 Austin David, Orlando Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
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"And the rivalry between her and Jonathan means nothing will come easy for either of them. \u2014 al , 19 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u012b-v\u0259l-r\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"ball game",
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"battle",
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"combat",
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"competition",
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"conflict",
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"confrontation",
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"contention",
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"contest",
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"dogfight",
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"duel",
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"face-off",
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"grapple",
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"match",
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"strife",
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"struggle",
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"sweepstakes",
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"sweep-stake",
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"tug-of-war",
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"war",
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"warfare"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105736",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rive":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": fracture":[],
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": to become split : crack":[],
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": to divide into pieces or fractions":[
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"an organization being riven by controversy"
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],
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": to split with force or violence":[],
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": to wrench open or tear apart or to pieces : rend":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"road pavement that had been riven by the annual freeze-and-thaw cycle",
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"the bitter disappointment threatened to rive my heart in two",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And new attention will be paid to the class divisions that have riven American society. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"News reports this autumn detailed her disorganised, riven and functionally leaderless campaign, beset by internal rivalries and fund-raising woes. \u2014 The Economist , 4 Dec. 2019",
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"After more than three decades without baseball, the Montreal Expos moved to Washington in 2005 rebranded as the Nationals, becoming perhaps the only bipartisan agreement in a capital rived by tribalism as Republicans and Democrats flocked to games. \u2014 Peter Baker, New York Times , 24 Oct. 2019",
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"The divisions in the states riven by civil war are ethnic, denominational, interreligious, geographical, tribal, and ideological. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2020",
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"The strong bipartisan vote showed a rare level of unity in a Washington riven by partisan divides with a backdrop of a bitter fight for the Senate and the White House this fall. \u2014 Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
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"The South American nation has been riven by protests for weeks, with clashes between government allies and opponents seeking Maduro\u2019s ouster resulting in at least 30 deaths. \u2014 Christine Jenkins, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old Norse r\u012bfa ; akin to Greek ereipein to tear down":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u012bv"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rive tear , rip , rend , split , cleave , rive mean to separate forcibly. tear implies pulling apart by force and leaving jagged edges. tear up the letter rip implies a pulling apart in one rapid uninterrupted motion often along a line or joint. ripped the shirt on a nail rend implies very violent or ruthless severing or sundering. an angry mob rent the prisoner's clothes split implies a cutting or breaking apart in a continuous, straight, and usually lengthwise direction or in the direction of grain or layers. split logs for firewood cleave implies very forceful splitting or cutting with a blow. a bolt of lightning cleaved the giant oak rive occurs most often in figurative use. a political party riven by conflict",
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"synonyms":[
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"break",
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"break up",
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"bust",
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"disintegrate",
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"dismember",
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"disrupt",
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"fracture",
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"fragment"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115148",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"riven":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": divided into pieces or factions":[
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"riven wood [=wood split apart along the grain]",
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"a riven nation",
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"\u2026 beautifully nuanced portraits of a riven people, separated by more than an ocean.",
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"\u2014 Myl\u00e8ne Dressler"
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],
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": split apart":[
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"riven wood [=wood split apart along the grain]",
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"a riven nation",
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"\u2026 beautifully nuanced portraits of a riven people, separated by more than an ocean.",
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"\u2014 Myl\u00e8ne Dressler"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1560, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ri-v\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112655",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"river":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a natural stream of water of usually considerable volume":[],
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": large or overwhelming quantities":[
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"drank rivers of coffee"
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],
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": something resembling a river":[
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"a river of lava"
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],
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": to or in prison":[
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"was sent up the river"
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],
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": watercourse":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The raft is too small to use on this part of the river .",
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"Rivers of mud flowed down the hillside.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Also to be sent are 18 U.S. coastal and river patrol boats. \u2014 David Keyton, John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News , 26 June 2022",
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"Portland\u2019s penchant for protests moved from its streets Friday evening to its river Saturday. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
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"With the river \u2019s depleted reservoirs sinking to new lows, the Interior Department is seeking emergency cuts. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
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"The body of Nylo Lattimore was never recovered \u2013 even after a search of 180 miles of the Ohio River, although police say the child's blood was found on a blanket recovered with his mother\u2019s body and his stroller was found in the river nearby. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 25 June 2022",
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"According to Baird, public health officials in coordination with the Coconino County Health and Human Services Department and the CDC tested fecal samples for the presence of norovirus on eight infected river trips. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
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"Those buildings [in Afghanistan] are built out of river rocks mortared together\u2014those are going to fall down at intensity 6. \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 24 June 2022",
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"Co-author John Wilkinson, who is also at the University of York, further noted that Lahore, Pakistan had the most polluted river system. \u2014 Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
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"So, The Cincinnati Enquirer is profiling eight of those women, some who are contributing to the inaugural event Sept. 5-11 at Kenwood Country Club and some who have opened doors to golf opportunities elsewhere around the river . \u2014 Sara Tidwell, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English rivere , from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *riparia , from Latin, feminine of riparius riparian, from ripa bank, shore; perhaps akin to Greek ereipein to tear down":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ri-v\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104437",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"river blindness":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": onchocerciasis":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Yet ivermectin\u2014a drug typically used by humans to treat gastrointestinal parasites and river blindness and commonly used in veterinary medicine for deworming horses, cows, cats, and dogs\u2014has become a wildly popular COVID-19 treatment. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"The illness, also known as river blindness , was caused by a parasitic worm and treated with ivermectin. \u2014 Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY , 15 Sep. 2021",
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"Ivermectin has historically been used to treat diseases such as river blindness or scabies in humans and, in some formulations, to prevent heartworm disease and other infestations in animals. \u2014 al , 18 Jan. 2022",
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"The century-old suramin, currently used to treat African sleeping sickness and river blindness (onchocerciasis), has also gotten some traction as a potential Covid-19 treatment. \u2014 Joshua Cohen, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
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"Thanks to ivermectin, river blindness has been essentially eliminated in 11 Latin American countries, preventing approximately 600,000 cases of blindness. \u2014 Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, The Conversation , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"Ivermectin underwent trials to treat river blindness in 1982 and was approved in 1987. \u2014 Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, The Conversation , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"These two decades of extensive work to discover, develop and distribute ivermectin helped to significantly reduce human suffering from river blindness . \u2014 Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, The Conversation , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"In the 1980s it was commercially distributed worldwide for the treatment of parasitic diseases, particularly river blindness . \u2014 Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY , 12 Oct. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8riv-\u0259r-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104841",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"river driver":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one who drives logs on a river":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085827",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"river duck":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": dabbler sense b":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1712, in the meaning defined above":""
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": any of several stream-frequenting African wild hogs constituting the genus Koiropotamus \u2014 compare bushpig , painted pig":[]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But the Padres\u2019 offense is boring, moves like a river horse , and dull doesn\u2019t cut it. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
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"Only one thing moved me: the appearance in my head of the river horse . \u2014 Joy Williams, The New Yorker , 23 Sep. 2019",
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"In this video, a lion latches onto a hippo's rump in a vain attempt to take the river horse down. \u2014 Elaina Zachos, National Geographic , 19 Dec. 2017"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Mo, named after the Molalla River in northwest Oregon's Clackamas County, is the first river otter to be born at the Oregon Zoo. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
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"This first litter of river otters was followed just a few weeks later by the zoo's second surviving litter of river otters \u2014 three pups born to Malarkey and the zoo's other adult female river otter , Clover. \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
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"Mammals like the moose, river otter , and red fox can all be spotted on land, while close to 300 different varieties of bird have been recorded in the park over the decades. \u2014 Jared Ranahan, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Related:In early March the Milwaukee County Zoo announced its first surviving litter of river otter pups. \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"That has made the community a sanctuary for wildlife, brimming with waterfowl, fish and the occasional river otter . \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Feb. 2022",
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"The giant river otter is pretty large compared to standard otters. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"According to Fish and Game, river otter attacks have happened in recent years, but are not commonplace. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Sep. 2021",
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"But one animal moving deeper into urban areas isn\u2019t as well known: the North American river otter . \u2014 Chloe Bennett, Dallas News , 8 July 2021"
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"1801, in the meaning defined above":""
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": anchovy pear":[]
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"river shad":{
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": a shad that spawns in one of the streams of the Mississippi drainage and is probably identical with the common American shad ( Alosa sapidissima ) but is sometimes considered a distinct species ( A. chrysochloris )":[]
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": a shark (such as the bull shark or Ganges shark ) that frequents freshwater and especially rivers":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113651",
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": supplied with rivers":[
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"such dew as only rivered lands beget",
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"\u2014 Eileen Duggan"
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8riv\u0259(r)d"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084552",
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"rivers":{
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"Larry 1923\u20132002 originally Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg American artist":[]
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"\u02c8ri-v\u0259rz"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103217",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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"rivershed":{
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"definitions":{
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": the watershed of a river":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121336",
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"rivet":{
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"definitions":{
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": a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head":[],
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": to attract and hold (something, such as a person's attention) completely":[],
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": to fasten or fix firmly":[
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"stood riveted by fright"
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],
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": to fasten with or as if with rivets":[],
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": to upset the end or point of (something, such as a metallic pin, rod, or bolt) by beating or pressing so as to form a head":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The iron plates are riveted rather than welded.",
|
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"everyone riveted their eyes on the trick that the magician was performing on stage",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"On a gravel bike, head up the Boulder Creek Path to Four Mile Canyon, then bang a left on Logan Mill and follow signs for the Escape Route, a forest-fire egress that\u2019s steep enough to put you on the rivet . \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 25 Mar. 2019",
|
|
"Now, fresh out of a five-year nut, bolt and last rivet restoration in Australia, this legendary 79-year-old Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX, is being offered for sale with a \u00a34.5 million, or roughly $6.1 million, price tag. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"More to the point, denim has moved on since Levi Strauss and Jacob W.Davis patented the rivet in 1873. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Some motorists are also installing anti-theft cages and covers that rivet into the underbody of a vehicle. \u2014 Paul A. Eisenstein, NBC News , 22 July 2021",
|
|
"Integral to the design are the principles of acupuncture\u2014there\u2019s a round copper rivet on the bottom of the shoe, which touches the ground as well as the foot. \u2014 Wendy Altschuler, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
|
|
"Then bend the aluminum into a cone as shown and drill the rivet holes. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 17 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Each blade has a satin polish finish and the triple- rivet handles feature ergonomic designs. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"The cover of the Memorial Day 1943 issue of The Saturday Evening Post featured a Norman Rockwell painting of a muscular woman calmly eating a sandwich while balancing a rivet gun on her lap. \u2014 John Pope, NOLA.com , 24 Sep. 2020",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Once more, widescreen black-and-white lends the action welcome veracity (more in spirit than in fact), but the director\u2019s unending capacity to surprise will rivet viewers. \u2014 David Mermelstein, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Another former colleague, Rosemary Gordon Panuco, now a special magistrate in Tucson, Arizona, said Reynolds not only knew the law but how to rivet a jury. \u2014 Joe Swickard, Detroit Free Press , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Mamet's star has been considerably tarnished by his own doing, but his work still has the power to rivet audiences. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"These are incomparable real-time documents from a man with a singular perspective on the unfolding events that still rivet us today. \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 14 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Anderson and his assistant, Amy Lahey (no relation to Jim), bend, weld, grind, polish and rivet each of the boxes in their workshop in Newburgh, N.Y., and are often told that the finished products work a little too well. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"Jimmy's goofy Elder Law practice turned into a subplot that totally riveted me. \u2014 James Hibberd, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"The episode has riveted the criminology community\u2014and severed a once close relationship after one of the researchers accused his former mentor of falsifying data. \u2014 Dalmeet Singh Chawla, Science | AAAS , 26 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Think: automatons riveting bolts on a auto production line. \u2014 Greg Jefferson, ExpressNews.com , 17 Apr. 2020"
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, clinch on a nail, rivet, from Old French, from river to attach, rivet, probably from rive border, edge, bank, from Latin ripa":"Noun"
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ri-v\u0259t"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"center",
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"concentrate",
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"fasten",
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"focus",
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"train"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221232",
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"noun",
|
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|
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|
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"riveting":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"boring",
|
|
"drab",
|
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"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"heavy",
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"monotonous",
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"tedious",
|
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"uninteresting"
|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": having the power to fix the attention : engrossing , fascinating":[
|
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"a riveting story"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"a riveting explanation of light waves that fascinated the class",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"India Bridge\u2019s account of an uptight, whitebread family in Kansas City is wry, witty, riveting , and a must-read for any book lover. \u2014 ELLE , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Who knew that spending time in a putridarium, a room beneath monasteries where the corpses of monks were seated on toilets to rot, could be so riveting ",
|
|
"His riveting performances in it are either songs written by other composers or improvisations. \u2014 Gail Mitchell, Billboard , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"The crimes aren\u2019t particularly riveting or complex; the show focuses more on the characters, their bonds, and their country. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
|
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"Bingham has given us an account that is both riveting and thorough, taking us across a century of spinout marketing campaigns, protests and versions that emerged from Foster\u2019s lyrics. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"Though the section is essentially didactic, the concept \u2014 and therefore the scene \u2014 is riveting and relevant to the story. \u2014 Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"This is a riveting account of a 1968-69 round-the-world solo-sailing race, in which nine yachtsmen set out and only one finished. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
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"His intensity and ferocity on stage are unmatched, making every show absolutely riveting . \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1677, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8ri-v\u0259-ti\u014b"
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],
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"absorbing",
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"arresting",
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"consuming",
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"engaging",
|
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"engrossing",
|
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"enthralling",
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"fascinating",
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"gripping",
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"immersing",
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"interesting",
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"involving"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090931",
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]
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"rivulet":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a small stream":[]
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"small rivulets trickled down the side of the cliff",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The tiny fish had navigated what remained of the river at that time: a rivulet a person could often leap across, a few inches deep at times, Benkert said. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Oct. 2021",
|
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"At the lower left, a rivulet of water trickles from a half-round wooden pipe into the cool darkness of a catchment pool. \u2014 William E. Wallace, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2021",
|
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"In a few short weeks, a torrential global river of money sprang from NFTs; in a few short days, a few celebrities diked it and drained off a rivulet of cash to a 15-employee nonprofit in Washington. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 23 Mar. 2021",
|
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"What starts as a worrying dot of pigment becomes a puddle, and then a rivulet , then begins to look, undeniably, like the basin of an overflowing toilet. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 20 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"In the sewers and rivulets along the streets in the city of masks the rats ride in masks like passengers in boats crossing the Lethe. \u2014 Daniel Torday, Wired , 3 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Column continues below video: Not 90 seconds into his tribute, tears ran down Jordan\u2019s face like tiny rivulets . \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"This further contributes to erosion, which snowballs as moving water increases speed and carves out rivulets and then gullies. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The pulses sometimes caused the lava channel to overtop its banks, creating new rivulets that threatened nearby property. \u2014 Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American , 5 Dec. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1587, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Italian rivoletto , diminutive of rivolo , from Latin rivulus , diminutive of rivus stream \u2014 more at run":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-v\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02c8ri-vy\u0259-l\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beck",
|
|
"bourn",
|
|
"bourne",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"brooklet",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"creek",
|
|
"gill",
|
|
"rill",
|
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"run",
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|
"runlet",
|
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"runnel",
|
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"streamlet"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043322",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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|
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},
|
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"river dolphin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various small, toothed whales (as of the families Platanistidae and Iniidae) that chiefly inhabit rivers of South America and Asia and have a rounded forehead and a snout elongated into a long beak":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"But pink river dolphin populations are vulnerable due to factors including mercury pollution and river and lake contamination. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Entries also captured moments between humans and animals, including an image of a Colombian biologist soothing an Amazon river dolphin and baby orangutans playing with a caretaker. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"One of them, the rare Indus river dolphin , has seen its numbers grow tenfold over the past half-century. \u2014 National Geographic , 25 June 2020",
|
|
"Their list mainly included fish, but also mammals like beavers, river dolphins and hippopotami, as well as coldblooded creatures like crocodiles, giant salamanders and alligator snapping turtles. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, New York Times , 21 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Small cetaceans such as the vaquita and various river dolphins successfully lived alongside human fishers for thousands of years in coastal waters, estuaries, and rivers. \u2014 Virginia Morell, Science | AAAS , 11 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"The Gangetic river dolphins are effectively blind, and see with sound. \u2014 Shreya Dasgupta, Quartz India , 21 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"During an expedition in the Sundarbans, Deen sees river dolphins washing up dead on the shore. \u2014 Abhrajyoti Chakraborty, The New Republic , 8 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The baiji, a Chinese river dolphin , is likely the first dolphin species driven to extinction by humans, and the Chinese paddlefish, which can grow 20 feet long, has not been seen in over a decade. \u2014 Stefan Lovgren, National Geographic , 8 Aug. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1870, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142026"
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|
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"rivalize":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"intransitive verb"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to act as a rival":[
|
|
"her urge to rivalize with menfolk in the things of the mind",
|
|
"\u2014 Frank Budgen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8r\u012bv\u0259\u02ccl\u012bz"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142926"
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},
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"river oak":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": she-oak":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144123"
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"The equivalent of long-haul trucks, Native American boats transported raw materials and handcrafted trade products \u2014 baskets, ceramics, luxury beadwork \u2014 on riverine highways up and down and across what is now called North America. \u2014 New York Times , 3 July 2022",
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"Three fishermen from nearby riverine communities were arrested. \u2014 Fabiano Maisonnave, ajc , 26 June 2022",
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"One report from the World Resources Institute predicts that by 2030, urban property worth more than $700 billion will be impacted annually by coastal and riverine flooding. \u2014 CNN , 19 June 2022",
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"For less strenuous riverine outings, there\u2019s a Tennessee River biking alternative farther on in Chattanooga. \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
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"De Oliveira was arrested on Tuesday at his home in the S\u00e3o Gabriel riverine community, close to where the pair went missing on Sunday. \u2014 Fabiano Maisonnave, ajc , 11 June 2022",
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"De Oliveira was arrested on Tuesday at his home in the S\u00e3o Gabriel riverine community, close to where the pair went missing on Sunday. \u2014 Fabiano Maisonnave, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
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"Context-specific historic climate data like precipitation, temperature and coastal and riverine flooding levels is freely available. \u2014 Suman Biswas, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
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"Her assessment is just one among dozens of other scientists who have observed clear colorations between the presence of cattle in riverine ecosystems and degradation. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 13 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle French riverete , diminutive of rivere, riviere river":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164951"
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"definitions":{
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"Readers can tag along with Meghji by Amazonian riverboat , follow in the footsteps of jungle Jesuits or go on foot into the high-altitude Potos\u00ed silver mines that enriched an empire. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
|
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"Snow Hill purchased the riverboat in 2020 using a combination of grant money and loans from the county and state. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
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"In their video, Los Jaichackers return the instrument to its watery origins, showing an accordion bobbing alongside a riverboat to a bubbling soundtrack of cumbia. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
|
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"There\u2019s also a touch-and-go bush pilot demonstration where the plane lands right next to the riverboat . \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Developers touted the riverboat , once the only form of casino gambling in Illinois, as a fitting introduction to the permanent casino. \u2014 Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
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"According to the outlet, the accident involved a riverboat and a plank connecting the boat to a pier. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The new meeting place, per a message sent to Helene's cell phone, is on a riverboat called the Dixie Queen. \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Mooring a riverboat has accelerated its timeline for the temporary facility, a throwback to the early days of casino gambling in Illinois. \u2014 Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"We went for a walk down at the riverfront .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Parade begins at riverfront and travels to Mainstrasse and Goebel Park. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 26 May 2022",
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"In 2003, Forest City Enterprises proposed shoehorning a new convention center between Huron Road and the riverfront like a giant refrigerator lying on its side. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 16 Apr. 2022",
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"The town has long embraced the flocks of resident Canada geese that wander its riverfront and parks long after the migratory geese wing out of town. \u2014 Mary Lynn Smith, Star Tribune , 16 Apr. 2021",
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"The park, a $75 million investment, is stationed on the west side of the riverfront near the site of the former Joe Louis Arena and will consist of 22 acres of playscapes and recreational spaces. \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 24 May 2022",
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"With Diamantis, the OSCGR personnel physically relocated from DAS offices in a state complex on the riverfront in downtown Hartford to OPM\u2019s offices on Capitol Avenue, a short walk from the Legislative Office Building and state Capitol. \u2014 Mark Pazniokas, courant.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
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"The arrival of steamboats to Cincinnati\u2019s riverfront in 1811 brought a new trade \u2013 shipbuilding. \u2014 Jeff Suess, The Enquirer , 5 Sep. 2021",
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"As an emotional night played out on the riverfront , the script unfolded unexpectedly and the final chapter appeared on the horizon. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2022",
|
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"Bowen voted to approve the Irishtown Bend project to create a riverfront park on the west bank of the Flats as presented during a September 2017 meeting and has taken additional votes related to the park plans since. \u2014 Eric Heisig, cleveland , 26 Oct. 2021"
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"The cockfight between Maverick and Iceman is echoed in the rivalrous posturing of Rooster and the arrogant Hangman (an interestingly Kilmeresque Glen Powell). \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
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"At the ceremony, much of the attention went to a different kind of war, between the two rivalrous sisters nominated for Best Actress: Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"But, by dwelling on the rivalrous , often petty, personalities of all the participants, Ms. Hirshman effectively reduces the abolitionist movement to little more than a group of squabbling egotists. \u2014 Marc M. Arkin, WSJ , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"As with many rivalrous neighbors, however, the root causes of the feud run far deeper. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Nov. 2021",
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"Or when a rivalrous bet gone wrong resulted in a UK fan hopping in a pool in 40-degree weather. \u2014 Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal , 27 Nov. 2021",
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"Rather, they were lured ever deeper into the empire by rivalrous emperors and generals, who disbursed treasure (often gained from the plunder of Roman provinces) and ceded taxable land in return for military support. \u2014 Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
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"In his dual roles with the Brigham and its parent company, Higgins will take on the wrenching challenge of unifying a sprawling system whose founding hospitals remain mostly separate and sometimes rivalrous more than 25 years after their merger. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Aug. 2021",
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"But most of the series\u2019 time is spent mining the power differentials among the (largely white) elite, from warring spouses to squabbling siblings to rivalrous besties. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 July 2021"
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"We walked along the riverside .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Eight people were hospitalized after a shooting late Monday at an unofficial July Fourth celebration at a riverside park in northeast Minneapolis, an official said. \u2014 Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY , 5 July 2022",
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"Village President Steve Ward said upgrades to the riverside park, including the addition of a pavilion, stage and splash pad, were done in 2020 but the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the village from using it for public events until last year. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune , 5 May 2022",
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"Across the long weekend, the riverside institution will delight monarchists and republicans alike. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 31 May 2022",
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"The Rocky Ripple Town Board voted last week to move forward with the city of Indianapolis\u2019 flood protection plans, which include removing 13 riverside homes and the Town Hall building. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 20 May 2022",
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"For those wishing to catch a glimpse of a marmoset in the wild, a trip to the western Amazon basin is in store, with populations found scurrying throughout the riverside canopies of Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, and Ecuador. \u2014 Jared Ranahan, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
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"The riverside community could also take a more deliberate and anticipatory approach to transformation. \u2014 Elisabeth Gilmore, The Conversation , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Not long after arriving in Quebec, Vikstr\u00f6m built his dream riverside home. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022",
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"The modern space, adjacent to a riverside park amid Vancouver\u2019s fresh and bustling development of restaurants, bars, condominiums and businesses, will seat about 40 inside plus 40 more on sidewalk tables outside. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Apr. 2022"
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": an often somewhat crooked and irregular Australian red gum ( Eucalyptus rostrata or E. camaldulensis ) that grows chiefly along rivers, has lanceolate leaves, and yields a durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction":[]
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