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{
"Cambay, Gulf of":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"\u2014 see khambhat, gulf of":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140334",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Camelliaceae":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of Camelliaceae taxonomic synonym of theaceae"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Camellia , type genus + -aceae"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-234932",
"type":[]
},
"Camelopardalis":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a northern constellation between Cassiopeia and Ursa Major":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin (genitive Camelopardalis ), camelopard":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259-\u02ccme-l\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4r-d\u0259-l\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022500",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Camelot":{
"antonyms":[
"anti-utopia",
"dystopia",
"hell"
],
"definitions":{
": a time, place, or atmosphere of idyllic happiness":[],
": the site of King Arthur's palace and court":[]
},
"examples":[
"that year spent in Spain studying art was their personal Camelot"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ka-m\u0259-\u02ccl\u00e4t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"Cockaigne",
"Eden",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"fantasyland",
"heaven",
"lotusland",
"never-never land",
"New Jerusalem",
"nirvana",
"paradise",
"promised land",
"Shangri-la",
"utopia",
"Zion",
"Sion"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015548",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Camotes Sea":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"sea of the south central Philippines west of Leyte Island":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"k\u00e4-\u02c8m\u014d-\u02cct\u0101s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103225",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"camber":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a setting of the wheels of an automotive vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top":[],
": a slight convexity, arching, or curvature (as of a beam, deck, or road)":[],
": the convexity of the curve of an airfoil from the leading edge to the trailing edge":[],
": to arch slightly":[],
": to curve upward in the middle":[],
": to impart camber to":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"All that travel lets the X3 crawl over giant rocks and off- camber spots while still feeling completely planted. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 2 Nov. 2020",
"There are lots of fat, reverse- camber skis that will keep you stoked and floating on a powder day, but my personal favorite is DPS Skis\u2019 Wailer 112 RPC. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 30 Jan. 2015",
"The rocker works with the camber , the flex matches the sidecut, and the torsional strength delivers a crisp feel and good feedback in soft to medium-hard snow. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Movement created by off- camber obstacles won\u2019t be adequately controlled, which could increase the odds of a rollover. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 27 Jan. 2022",
"And a two-position, carbon-fiber anti-roll bar up front with a three-way iron bar in back and adjustable camber at both axles and tunable coil-over suspension. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 14 July 2021",
"Thus, the suspension has seen some heavy reworking, including stiffer springs and adaptive Bilstein dampers; and since this is a track car, there\u2019s a greater range available for camber and toe adjustment. \u2014 Kyle Edward, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Up front, the strut suspension features model-specific pivot bearings that add nearly a degree of negative camber compared to the regular A3. \u2014 Derek Powell, Car and Driver , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Substantial efforts went into optimizing chine design and conical camber of the wing leading edge. \u2014 Clarence L. Johnson, Popular Mechanics , 12 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1627, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French cambrer , from Middle French cambre curved, from Latin camur":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kam-b\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023537",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"camber angle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the angle between the center line of the front wheel of an automotive vehicle and the vertical":[],
": the angle between two joined plane surfaces with a camber at the joining point or edge":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132526",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cambered":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a setting of the wheels of an automotive vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top":[],
": a slight convexity, arching, or curvature (as of a beam, deck, or road)":[],
": the convexity of the curve of an airfoil from the leading edge to the trailing edge":[],
": to arch slightly":[],
": to curve upward in the middle":[],
": to impart camber to":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"All that travel lets the X3 crawl over giant rocks and off- camber spots while still feeling completely planted. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 2 Nov. 2020",
"There are lots of fat, reverse- camber skis that will keep you stoked and floating on a powder day, but my personal favorite is DPS Skis\u2019 Wailer 112 RPC. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 30 Jan. 2015",
"The rocker works with the camber , the flex matches the sidecut, and the torsional strength delivers a crisp feel and good feedback in soft to medium-hard snow. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Movement created by off- camber obstacles won\u2019t be adequately controlled, which could increase the odds of a rollover. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 27 Jan. 2022",
"And a two-position, carbon-fiber anti-roll bar up front with a three-way iron bar in back and adjustable camber at both axles and tunable coil-over suspension. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 14 July 2021",
"Thus, the suspension has seen some heavy reworking, including stiffer springs and adaptive Bilstein dampers; and since this is a track car, there\u2019s a greater range available for camber and toe adjustment. \u2014 Kyle Edward, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Up front, the strut suspension features model-specific pivot bearings that add nearly a degree of negative camber compared to the regular A3. \u2014 Derek Powell, Car and Driver , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Substantial efforts went into optimizing chine design and conical camber of the wing leading edge. \u2014 Clarence L. Johnson, Popular Mechanics , 12 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1627, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French cambrer , from Middle French cambre curved, from Latin camur":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kam-b\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044718",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"camel spin":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an arabesque spin executed by a skater with back humped instead of arched":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205111",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"camel thorn":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a low spiny shrub ( Alhagi camelorum ) of the Arabian desert that yields manna":[],
": a related shrub ( A. maurorum )":[],
": an East Indian spiny shrub ( Zizyphus nummularius ) used as fodder for sheep and goats":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from the use of its seed as feed for camels":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112612",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"camellia":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Peter Dayton explores the camellia , Chanel's signature flower, from various angles in black and white and gold in a giant collage work. \u2014 Roxanne Robinson, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The general public may enter their own camellia blooms for judging from 7 to 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 22. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"As for pleasure, is there anything more lovely than a camellia blooming pink or creamy white against its glossy dark-green leaves",
"Whether the plant is a needled evergreen (such as a pine or spruce), or a broadleaf evergreen (such as a rhododendron or camellia ), pruning involves knowing how the tree or shrub grows and where the new growth originates. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Our camellia is 2 feet tall and four or five years old. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Dec. 2021",
"The camellias were starting to flower and there were four two-story-tall camellia trees with fluffy amazing flowers that take us through fall and winter. \u2014 Lisa Boone Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 Aug. 2021",
"My camellia bushes are all developing yellow leaves this year. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 May 2021",
"This beautiful formula from Tatcha is made with ingredients like Japanese peach extract, squalane and Japanese camellia oil to moisturize and repair the extremely delicate skin on the lips. \u2014 Victoria Moorhouse, Forbes , 8 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1753, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Camellia , from Camellus (Georg Josef Kamel \u20201706 Moravian Jesuit missionary)":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259-\u02c8m\u0113l-y\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130602",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cameloid":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": like a camel":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"camel + -oid":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kam\u0259\u02ccl\u022fid"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181127",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"camelopard":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": camelopardalis":[],
": giraffe":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin camelopardus , alteration of Latin camelopardalis , from Greek kam\u0113lopardalis , from kam\u0113los camel + pardalis leopard":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259-\u02c8me-l\u0259-\u02ccp\u00e4rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190628",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"camelry":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": troops mounted on camels":[
"a column of camelry moved in from the north",
"\u2014 Time"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"camel + -ry (as in cavalry )":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kam\u0259lr\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012516",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"camelteer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of camelteer variant of cameleer"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-094218",
"type":[]
},
"camote de raton":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an herb ( Hoffmanseggia densiflora ) of the family Leguminosae found in alkaline areas of the desert of southern U.S. having orange-red flowers and glandular-dotted chiefly basal tufted leaves with several pairs of leaflets":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Mexican Spanish camote de rat\u00f3n , literally, mouse yam":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-d\u0259r\u0259\u02c8t\u014dn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140243",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"camouflage":{
"antonyms":[
"cloak",
"disguise",
"dress up",
"mask"
],
"definitions":{
": behavior or artifice designed to deceive or hide":[
"hiding behind a camouflage of righteous indignation"
],
": concealment by means of disguise":[
"The rabbit's white fur acts as camouflage in the snow."
],
": made in colors or patterns typical of camouflage":[
"a camouflage jacket"
],
": to conceal or disguise by camouflage":[
"The makeup camouflages blemishes."
],
": to practice camouflage":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The army tanks were painted green and brown for camouflage .",
"The rabbit's white fur acts as a camouflage in the snow.",
"Rabbits use their white fur as camouflage in the snow.",
"Her so-called charity work was a camouflage for her own self-interest.",
"His tough attitude served as camouflage .",
"Verb",
"It was impossible to camouflage the facts.",
"camouflaged the military camp as a native village",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The prototype the marque brought to the English event was covered in an intricate camouflage pattern that serves to hide many details. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 23 June 2022",
"Men holding guns and dressed in camouflage gear then break down the door of an empty home and throw a flash bang device. \u2014 Amanda Kaufman, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"Lennox rocked an outfit courtesy of the Army Navy store\u2014a camouflage jumpsuit\u2014with slogans stitched onto it by the artist Perry Meek. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"In some of the burglaries, the thief wore a Halloween mask and jacket with camouflage print, West said. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Richard Dabate, 45, told police that a masked, camouflage -wearing man shot his wife, Connie Dabate, two days before Christmas in 2015. \u2014 Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News , 9 May 2022",
"Investigators allege that Dabate lied about a masked, large, camouflage -wearing intruder breaking in, shooting his wife, tying him to the chair with zip ties taken from his tool bag, robbing him and stabbing him. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 5 May 2022",
"The 52-year-old singer-songwriter just shared a cute video of her transforming from pop-punk princess to country crooner \u2014 with the help of Blake Shelton\u2018s camouflage -chic wardrobe. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The tall and burly Ukrainian military chaplain clutched a wooden cross and wore a long, camouflage -green cleric\u2019s robe and a gold embroidered vestment. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But in recent years, biologists have shown that iridescence\u2014lustrous shifts in color, depending on the angle of view\u2014can actually camouflage green jewel beetles among sun-dappled leaves. \u2014 Kate Golembiewski, Scientific American , 3 June 2022",
"Other volunteers have sewn cloth covers to help camouflage Ukrainian military equipment. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Octopuses are masters of disguise, not only using their color-changing chromatophores to camouflage themselves from danger or to blend in, but also using the environment around them to successfully hunt for food. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Ricky Pacione, a bullpen catcher and the barber to many of the team\u2019s players, offered to camouflage the damage. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"To avoid a lineup of visible appliances, wood panels camouflage the refrigerator, and a pantry cabinet hides the microwave. \u2014 Hayley Francis, Better Homes & Gardens , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Deep snow on area lakes will camouflage open springs that open up along the shorelines. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Hoeft alleged he was bailed out by a humanitarian group that helped camouflage him as medical staff. \u2014 Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone , 20 Mar. 2022",
"There is presumably less motivation to camouflage their plans this season: Their first pick isn\u2019t until the second round, when they are scheduled to select No. 61 overall. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1917, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"1918, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from camoufler to disguise":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ka-m\u0259-\u02ccfl\u00e4zh",
"-\u02ccfl\u00e4j"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"costume",
"disguise",
"guise"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222844",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"camouflage discipline":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": discipline (as enforcement of the proper methods of movement within, into, and out of a camouflaged area) necessary to maintain a military camouflage":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175617",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"camouflet":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mine so charged and placed that its detonation will destroy enemy mining tunnels":[],
": a pocket formed in this way":[],
": an underground or subsurface explosion of a bomb or shell that leaves a sealed pocket of smoke and gas":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, smoke blown into a sleeper's face from lighted paper":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6kam\u0259\u00a6fl\u0101"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082305",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"camoufleur":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person employed in camouflaging or skilled in the techniques of camouflage":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from camoufler to disguise + -eur -or":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"+V -\u0259r\u2027",
"\u00a6kam\u0259\u00a6fl\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040718",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"camp":{
"antonyms":[
"accommodate",
"bestow",
"billet",
"bivouac",
"board",
"bunk",
"chamber",
"domicile",
"encamp",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"put up",
"quarter",
"roof",
"room",
"shelter",
"take in"
],
"definitions":{
": a body of persons encamped":[],
": a group of tents, cabins, or huts":[
"fishing camps along the river"
],
": a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)":[
"migrant labor camp"
],
": a preseason training session for athletes":[
"the star pitcher injured in camp this spring"
],
": a settlement newly sprung up in a lumbering or mining region":[],
": a style or mode of personal or creative expression that is absurdly exaggerated and often fuses elements of high and popular culture":[
"a movie that celebrates camp"
],
": an ideological position":[],
": exaggerated effeminate mannerisms (as of speech or gesture)":[],
": military service or life":[],
": of, relating to, being, or displaying camp : campy":[
"camp send-ups of the songs of the fifties and sixties",
"\u2014 John Elsom"
],
": something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing":[
"This version of the play is camp : outrageous in concept and wild in its execution with double entendres flying every which way."
],
": to engage in camp : exhibit the qualities of camp":[
"he \u2026 was camping , hands on hips, with a quick eye to notice every man who passed by",
"\u2014 R. M. McAlmon"
],
": to live temporarily in a camp or outdoors":[
"\u2014 often used with out"
],
": to make camp or occupy a camp":[],
": to take up one's position : settle down":[
"\u2014 often used with out camp out in the library for the afternoon"
],
": to take up one's quarters : lodge":[],
"Walter Chauncey 1859\u20131925 American football coach":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1543, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1909, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1925, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"circa 1909, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French, probably from Middle French dialect (Picard) or Old Occitan, from Latin campus plain, field":"Noun and Verb",
"origin unknown":"Noun , Adjective, and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kamp"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bivouac",
"campground",
"campsite",
"encampment",
"hutment"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232135",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"camp (out)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an occasion on which a group camps out":[]
},
"examples":[
"our annual campout in Vermont",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lakeside campout will introduce a new third stage, The Hideout, which will feature all night music and sunrise sets. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
"Our family is lucky enough to have uncrowded trails nearby, so on the day of our quarantine campout , my family set off on a three-mile loop. \u2014 Krista Langlois, Outside Online , 11 Apr. 2020",
"Families can experience the hotel\u2019s urban campout package, which is a kid-friendly, in-room camping adventure. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"Bring your tent, sleeping bag and gear for an Earth Day campout at Hopkins Wilderness Park in Redondo Beach. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Fitz Roy puffy that doesn\u2019t really fit and got damaged by hot grease during a campout . \u2014 Outside Online , 23 Nov. 2021",
"The campout will be at the historic Harrison Serenity Ranch, a 67-acre ranch in the Cleveland National Forest that was once owned by Nate Harrison, one of the first African American homesteaders in San Diego County. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Aug. 2021",
"An overnight family campout will be held from 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, to 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 19 at Seager Park, 1163 Plank Road. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
"But don\u2019t head out to line up for the traditional First 100 customers campout and bash. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kamp-\u02ccau\u0307t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053848",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"campaign":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a connected series of military operations forming a distinct phase of a war":[
"the bombing campaign"
],
": a connected series of operations designed to bring about a particular result":[
"election campaign",
"an advertising campaign"
],
": to enter (something, such as a horse or boat) in competition":[
"was at that time campaigning a big steeplechase stable",
"\u2014 A. H. Higginson"
],
": to go on, engage in, or conduct a campaign":[
"campaigned for the presidency"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The group launched a campaign to protect the area from commercial development.",
"The university is organizing a campaign to attract a more diverse student population.",
"Verb",
"She campaigned to save the town library.",
"He campaigned hard to get more funding.",
"a time when women were campaigning for the right to vote",
"I campaigned for her when she ran for governor.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Hackney scored 51 points across her four state finals games, which helped her land Ms. Ohio Basketball after her senior campaign in 2009. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"And his upcoming campaign travels outside Virginia will only increase the speculation. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 24 June 2022",
"Kunis and Kutcher named their campaign Stand With Ukraine and launched it in early March with the goal of raising $30 million. \u2014 Gabriel Kinder, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Former President Clinton, for example, intervened for Wendy Greuel, a former city controller, in her 2013 campaign for mayor. \u2014 Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times , 24 June 2022",
"His campaign was an uphill battle, with his team working tirelessly to gain support and recognition for a newcomer to the Brooklyn political scene. \u2014 Cassandra Pintro, Vogue , 23 June 2022",
"Making steady improvements each year while at Kansas, Agbaji declared for the 2021 NBA Draft, attended the combine, received feedback about his draft positioning, took it to heart and returned to Kansas for his senior campaign . \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"Volland, who was backed during his campaign by Assembly Vice Chair Chris Constant, is now 326 votes ahead of his closest competitor, Stephanie Taylor, a supporter of Mayor Dave Bronson. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"According to an NBCUniversal release, NBCUniversal Local is bringing back its nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign for its eighth consecutive year. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Haley will also campaign with Zach Nunn, chosen to face two-term Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne, who is among the most vulnerable House members this year. \u2014 Thomas Beaumont, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"Haley will also campaign with Zach Nunn, chosen to face two-term Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne, who is among the most vulnerable House members this year. \u2014 Thomas Beaumont, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Van Hollen said his father, a Baltimore native, helped campaign for the elder D\u2019Alesandro. \u2014 Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun , 13 June 2022",
"Because of the indirect nature of the presidential vote, candidates did not campaign in the streets. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"The chamber of commerce also helped campaign for the sales tax referendum in 2017. \u2014 Neal Earley, Arkansas Online , 10 May 2022",
"The United Food and Commercial Workers and Office and Professional Employees International Union both offered volunteers to help campaign , ALU attorney Seth Goldstein said. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"My donors are individuals, with the sole exception of the Democratic Party of Oregon who gifted me $1000 worth of services to help me campaign . \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 13 Apr. 2022",
"His move came after Ocasio-Cortez visited Texas last weekend to campaign in Austin for Cisneros and Greg Casar, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for the nearby 35th Congressional District. \u2014 Eric Bradner And Rachel Janfaza, CNN , 19 Feb. 2022"
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"Noun",
"The group launched a campaign to protect the area from commercial development.",
"The university is organizing a campaign to attract a more diverse student population.",
"Verb",
"She campaigned to save the town library.",
"He campaigned hard to get more funding.",
"a time when women were campaigning for the right to vote",
"I campaigned for her when she ran for governor.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Hackney scored 51 points across her four state finals games, which helped her land Ms. Ohio Basketball after her senior campaign in 2009. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"And his upcoming campaign travels outside Virginia will only increase the speculation. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 24 June 2022",
"Kunis and Kutcher named their campaign Stand With Ukraine and launched it in early March with the goal of raising $30 million. \u2014 Gabriel Kinder, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Former President Clinton, for example, intervened for Wendy Greuel, a former city controller, in her 2013 campaign for mayor. \u2014 Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times , 24 June 2022",
"His campaign was an uphill battle, with his team working tirelessly to gain support and recognition for a newcomer to the Brooklyn political scene. \u2014 Cassandra Pintro, Vogue , 23 June 2022",
"Making steady improvements each year while at Kansas, Agbaji declared for the 2021 NBA Draft, attended the combine, received feedback about his draft positioning, took it to heart and returned to Kansas for his senior campaign . \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"Volland, who was backed during his campaign by Assembly Vice Chair Chris Constant, is now 326 votes ahead of his closest competitor, Stephanie Taylor, a supporter of Mayor Dave Bronson. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"According to an NBCUniversal release, NBCUniversal Local is bringing back its nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign for its eighth consecutive year. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Haley will also campaign with Zach Nunn, chosen to face two-term Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne, who is among the most vulnerable House members this year. \u2014 Thomas Beaumont, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"Haley will also campaign with Zach Nunn, chosen to face two-term Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne, who is among the most vulnerable House members this year. \u2014 Thomas Beaumont, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Van Hollen said his father, a Baltimore native, helped campaign for the elder D\u2019Alesandro. \u2014 Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun , 13 June 2022",
"Because of the indirect nature of the presidential vote, candidates did not campaign in the streets. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"The chamber of commerce also helped campaign for the sales tax referendum in 2017. \u2014 Neal Earley, Arkansas Online , 10 May 2022",
"The United Food and Commercial Workers and Office and Professional Employees International Union both offered volunteers to help campaign , ALU attorney Seth Goldstein said. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"My donors are individuals, with the sole exception of the Democratic Party of Oregon who gifted me $1000 worth of services to help me campaign . \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 13 Apr. 2022",
"His move came after Ocasio-Cortez visited Texas last weekend to campaign in Austin for Cisneros and Greg Casar, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for the nearby 35th Congressional District. \u2014 Eric Bradner And Rachel Janfaza, CNN , 19 Feb. 2022"
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"at last the weary vacationers pulled into a campground for the night",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The campground is among the largest in the state with over 400 sites. \u2014 AccessAtlanta , 17 June 2022",
"The campground in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest has 15 sites, most of which can accommodate tents and RVs. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"This campground in Fishlake National Forest sits partially within a grove of around 50,000 aspen trees united by a single root system. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 3 June 2022",
"The primitive campground at Del Norte is farther away, about 3.5 miles from the pier. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Big Oak Flat Entrance Camping: Most visitors coming from the Bay Area will make their way via this route, where, in Stanislaus National Forest, the Dimond O campground is ready to play host under a ceiling of cedar and Ponderosa pine. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Pine Mountain stands at 6,650 feet and hosts a small campground (no water) near the top. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"The incident occurred just after 5:30 p.m. Saturday outside a campground area at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, the State Parks Division said Monday. \u2014 CBS News , 17 May 2022",
"Visitors who are driving RVs or pulling trailers and don't have campground reservations should use the park-and-ride lots. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022"
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"\u02c8kamp-\u02ccgrau\u0307nd"
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": a large Asian evergreen tree ( Cinnamomum camphora ) of the laurel family grown in warm regions":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now Rojas prayed with Martinez\u2019s mother and father, standing beneath the interlaced branches of a camphor tree . \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Nov. 2020",
"The dusk gave way to night when the cab driver dropped me off under our big camphor trees . \u2014 Jiwei Xiao, The New York Review of Books , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Entering Meiji Shrine is like walking into Tokyo\u2019s natural air-conditioning; the city is steamy in the summer, but a canopy of camphor trees covers the park-like entrance, offering cool shade. \u2014 James Whitlow Delano, National Geographic , 25 Apr. 2019",
"Surrounded by mountains that form the face of a tiger, the basin is lined by pathways, dense camphor trees and Taiwan acacia. \u2014 Smithsonian , 6 June 2017"
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"\u00a6kam(p)f\u0259(r)\u02ccs\u0259l\u00a6f\u00e4nik-",
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": a grassland plain in South America with scattered perennial herbs":[]
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"vaqueros driving their herd of cattle across the campo",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The German synagogue was constructed by a group of Ashkenazi Jews with five large windows that overlook the ghetto\u2019s central square, or campo . \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"Vasquez is the youngest artist in the show, and his paintings show the joy of lively gatherings in the campo (meaning rural areas or the countryside in Spanish-speaking countries and within the Latinx diaspora). \u2014 CNN , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Like many Puerto Ricans born in the campo (boondocks) or born before the 1950s, birth dates and timelines are a blurred suggestion. \u2014 Illyanna Maisonet, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 May 2018",
"The Cordillera Blanca, a snowy mountain range in northern Peru, has the ayudantes de campo , or field helpers, in Spanish. \u2014 Nicholas Casey, New York Times , 26 Jan. 2018",
"Also involved have been the groups representing descendants and the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, which runs the hospital built atop a 19th-century campo santo. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Dec. 2017"
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"1863, in the meaning defined above":""
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"pampa",
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"The campsite includes a picnic table and a grill for cooking.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The campsite is about a 2-hour, 20-minute drive from Newark Liberty International Airport and is roughly the same distance from LaGuardia Airport. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"This campsite is literally on the grounds of a 186-foot-deep missile silo and includes an underground tour. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 19 May 2021",
"These pouches can easily be added to any duffel bag or suitcase with no worries of spillage, and made in a hotel room or at a campsite with just a mug and hot water. \u2014 Jennifer Konerman, Sunset Magazine , 4 June 2022",
"Mexican Lolita Banana discovered drag in 2018 while working as a dancer at a campsite in Biscarrosse. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 2 June 2022",
"Harris was drinking at a campsite that night, and Phelps was with him. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Sandy Michael Langseth II, 39, and April Marie Sheldahl, 45, died on Sunday afternoon after they were struck by a falling tree at their campsite along Flambeau River, the Price County Sheriff's Office wrote in a news release. \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 3 June 2022",
"The BioLite AlpenGlow Lantern, available in both 250 and 500 lumens, is a great source to keep your campsite illuminated\u2014with a little dash of ambience. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 2 June 2022",
"In August, Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner, newlyweds who frequently camped around Moab, Utah, were found shot dead in the La Sal Mountains near their campsite . \u2014 Julian Mark, Washington Post , 12 May 2022"
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"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Also shown are an extinct camelid known as a palaeolama and a type of horse that lived in the region during the Ice Age. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Dec. 2020",
"Trooper Levi Macy was monitoring traffic near Baker City around 7:20 a.m. when the call of a wayward camelid wandering the highway came across his radio. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Oct. 2020",
"This antibody is a genetic characteristic llamas share with all camelids , the family of mammals that also includes alpacas, guanacos and dromedaries. \u2014 Jillian Kramer, New York Times , 6 May 2020",
"These squishable-when-they're-not-spitting camelids hold antibodies that could hold the key to treating COVID-19, scientists suggested in a study published Tuesday in the journal Cell. \u2014 TheWeek , 6 May 2020",
"Caesar the No Drama Llama loves hugs \u2013 but for the most part, those are off the table for Oregon\u2019s celebrity camelid . \u2014 oregonlive , 2 May 2020",
"And camelids , such as llamas and camels, generate especially useful single-domain, stable antibodies. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 20 June 2018",
"In the presence of caffeine, this camelid antibody\u2014 aCaffVHH\u2014binds to caffeine and then dimerizes. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 20 June 2018",
"The remains of now extinct animals\u2014including the bones of prehistoric camelid , bison, and mastodon\u2014were discovered in layers associated with the pre-Clovis human artifacts. \u2014 Greg Harlin, National Geographic , 13 May 2016"
],
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"New Latin Camelidae , from Camelus , genus name, from Latin":""
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a small genus of Old World herbs (family Cruciferae) distinguished by their ovoid flaxlike seed pods \u2014 see false flax , gold of pleasure , small-seeded false flax":[]
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"noun"
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"examples":[
"the famous boxer and his camp followers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As an insurgent, Mr. Trump arrived in Washington without the camp followers of brand-name lobbyists and insiders who set up shop with each new administration. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Dec. 2019",
"There\u2019s the near-noirish play between dark and light captured by Tripe in an Indian temple or the Yvonne De Carlo expression (speaking of almost noirish) on the face of a camp follower in a Fenton Crimean War photograph. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 6 July 2018",
"Her mother, Sophie Delaborde, the daughter of a bird seller on the Rue de Rivoli, was a camp follower of the Napoleonic troops in Madrid. \u2014 Benita Eisler, WSJ , 8 June 2018",
"The trio of revisionist powers includes Russia, China and Iran, along with camp followers like Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea and Syria. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 19 Mar. 2018"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Aged Puerh tea often comes with the smell of camphor mothballs and old newspaper, which some would say is normal. \u2014 Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The travel-size toothpaste-like tube contains a cooling ointment made with pain-relieving camphor , menthol, and methyl salicylate. \u2014 Rachel Ng, Outside Online , 14 Aug. 2021",
"Weathers also collects and uses camphor glass in some of her jewelry designs. \u2014 Kyle Roderick, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Celluloid depended on Taiwanese camphor as a solvent and plasticizer. \u2014 Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"So time had a scent, of warm, sweet sandalwood, cooling camphor , cypress with its evergreen kiss \u2014 and under it all, a char on the air, a memory of something set on fire. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Other ingredients were less potable: camphor and quicklime, varnish and vinegar. \u2014 The New York Times, Arkansas Online , 10 Oct. 2021",
"But the research just isn't there to say whether the other stuff that brands advertise leaving out \u2014 like xylene, gluten, and camphor \u2014 is harmful or penetrates nails, says Rieder. \u2014 Allure , 12 Sep. 2021",
"One such space is Diehu Park, or Butterfly Lake Park, where weeping willows and camphor trees surround an artificial lake. \u2014 New York Times , 26 July 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a sports coupe the Subaru BRZ pairs well with its six-speed manual transmission keeping fun at the forefront while the 2.4-liter naturally aspirated, dual overhead camshaft four-cylinder Boxer engine produces 228 horsepower. \u2014 Marc Grasso, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"The Outlander has a 2.5-liter dual overhead camshaft four-cylinder engine producing 181 horsepower and 181 lb.-ft. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Presented at the 1966 Paris Motor Show, this was the first production Ferrari to be fitted with the four overhead camshaft version of the V-12. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 12 Jan. 2022",
"To reduce the height of the engine, the cam cover now incorporates the upper camshaft bearing. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 20 May 2021",
"Connecting rods and pistons are forged, and both crankshaft and camshaft are made from billet steel. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 15 Dec. 2020",
"The overhead cam design, meaning the camshaft is inside the cylinder head instead of the engine block, provided numerous performance and efficiency improvements as well as much longer intervals between oil changes. \u2014 Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics , 9 Aug. 2020",
"The Porsche's problem will later be diagnosed as a nut that backed off the end of the right-bank camshaft , shearing a drive tooth, allowing the cam to stop turning altogether, and bending two valves. \u2014 Larry Griffin, Car and Driver , 10 June 2020",
"Engine builder Dave Heitz of Advanced Transmissions bored the 440 big-block, upped the compression, and installed a Mopar Six Pack camshaft . \u2014 Talon Homer, Car and Driver , 14 June 2020"
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"Rangers warned campers that leaving food outside might attract bears.",
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"Mileage varies on the vehicles as well, but a Class B RV, also called a camper van, gets about 24 miles per gallon. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"From one brand to another, sleeping pads span the spectrum of firmness, thickness, and weight to appeal to all manner of camper \u2014from the backcountry to the back yard. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 10 June 2022",
"The rear dinette converts into a bed that\u2019ll comfortably sleep two adults, and there are two fold-out bunks towards the front of the camper . \u2014 Bryan Rogala, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Mickey owns Ferny's Retro Plant Shop, an adorable pop-up shop that has made appearances at Magnolia Market, out of a 1967 Yellowstone Cavalier camper . \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 23 Apr. 2022",
"So Randy reinvents himself as the buff and masculine Del, who forgoes his beloved show tunes, nail polish and unicorn bedsheets to capture the heart of the hunky camper . \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The standard version of the Caddy California camper is scheduled to launch in Europe later this year, with a longer version following next year. \u2014 Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure , 10 Sep. 2020",
"The two 25-foot models also offer an exterior cooktop and sink set that pulls out from the side of the camper , perfect for campsite cookouts. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 5 Sep. 2020",
"Luckily, Amazon\u2019s sale has something for every type of camper . \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, Popular Mechanics , 17 Aug. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The production has partnered with Getty Images and is embedding a cameraperson with the photo agency to gather additional still and video images, while the core documentary team is conducting more interviews. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 13 May 2022",
"With the shooting deaths this week of a cameraperson and a director in Veracruz state, the number of journalists killed in Mexico this year is now up to 11. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Two American journalists, a filmmaker and a Fox News cameraperson , were also killed this week covering the war. \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Only the men who stand with me onstage were there, as well as a cameraperson . \u2014 Alicia Oltuski, The New Yorker , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Seen in numerous holiday movies and something nearly every cameraperson across the world will attempt to capture during the celebrations, the midnight kiss is a tradition seen across the world. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 31 Dec. 2021",
"With the cameraperson on the bottom of the pool, obviously. \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 16 Dec. 2021",
"As Andrew Yang approached the corner store in Manhattan, a cameraperson in tow, the setting seemed familiar. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2021",
"Rust, a reporter for CNN affiliate WAVE, was live on air with her cameraperson when a police officer walked into the camera's shot, aimed directly at them and fired what Rust described aspepper bullets. \u2014 Dakin Andone, CNN , 6 June 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On March 14, Hall was in a vehicle outside of Kyiv with Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova that was struck by incoming fire. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Nine days later, on March 14, Sasha, along with Irish news cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, were killed when their vehicle came under fire in a suburb of Kyiv. \u2014 Margo Gontar, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, 55, and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshinova, 24, who was also working for Fox, were killed outside of Kyiv when their vehicle was struck by fire. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 Mar. 2022",
"France has opened a war crimes investigation into the killing of Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Sad news out of Ukraine Tuesday as Fox News announced veteran cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski was killed yesterday outside of Kiev. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 15 Mar. 2022",
"While the government refused to release their identities, Hassina Syed, the wife of Peter Jouvenal, a former freelance cameraman -turned-businessman, told the Associated Press that her husband was taken Dec. 13. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Earlier filings in the case stated that the SD cards were recovered from a Dodge Ram truck, a Cadillac Escalade, and the Sony 7R camera recovered from Gaulden\u2019s cameraman Marvin Ramsey a block away. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The Today show weather anchor and her husband, NBC News cameraman Brian Fichera, welcomed their son, Russell James, six weeks early on September 29. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 19 Oct. 2021"
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"\u2014 Margaret Atwood",
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"\u2014 Robert Gray"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Champagne before noon, the works) and add a drag show (lip-synching, campy makeup, and of course, drag queens). \u2014 Nico Avalle, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 June 2022",
"But making things, and making music and videos is a way for all of that competing energy to be really graceful and be really beautiful and elegant, and have these fantastical, campy , high-brow, low-brow energies all at once. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
"Expect campy beach decor on the patio and other additions to the menu, including summertime staples such as Shiner Ruby Redbird and, yes, Naturdays. \u2014 Chris Kelly, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"Dolce and Gabbana can make elegant, lovely clothing, but this was the campy Sicilian widow side of their aesthetic. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"Ronia Tamar Goldberg, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, created the unique, sometimes campy , niche of Angelyne that is pure Hollywood icon of the \u201970s. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"The result, then, was Darkman; this movie is weird, twisted, campy , and fun in a lot of ways. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 25 May 2022",
"During his tenure working on Batman in the early Seventies, Adams is credited with infusing a dark realism in the comic book franchise then associated with the campy , colorful Adam West-starring TV series. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The covers of these World War II era comic book were not anything like the campy , upbeat Batman television series starring Adam West, which aired weekly on ABC from 1966 to 1968\u2014same Bat-Time, same Bat-Channel. \u2014 Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"The maker of your mom's favorite camcorder is still around and dishing out the best budget headphones on the market. \u2014 Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure , 21 June 2022",
"This camcorder also supports 4k resolution at 60 FPS. \u2014 Douglas Helm, Popular Mechanics , 19 June 2022",
"Fans soon discovered one reason that might be: a shot of camcorder footage revealed this scene is set on March 22, which a prior season established is Will's birthday \u2014 yet absolutely nobody in the show acknowledges this. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 3 June 2022",
"Stalter once scrambled to put together a dance routine when her Catholic elementary school put on a talent show and loved to make age-inappropriate home movies with her many cousins using the family camcorder . \u2014 Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"Sheryl paints a lovely portrait of those early years, using interviews with Crow, old photos and camcorder footage. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Mar. 2022",
"An online edition of this annual showcase features works created by contemporary filmmakers using a low-fi 1980s-era children\u2019s camcorder made by Fisher-Price. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
"People flocked to see this camcorder -shot film about three students who disappear in a forest and all that's left is their video. \u2014 Chloe Melas, CNN , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Interestingly, Richard saw his daughters' unlikely future through the viewfinder of a camcorder , his preferred instruction tool on the court. \u2014 Andrew Lawrence, EW.com , 2 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like a camera obscura of old times, Photolux Festival aims to display a clear and well-defined selection of work from the international photographic scene. \u2014 Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Vera Lutter is an artist from Germany based in New York who is known for her projects using the camera obscura . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Sep. 2021",
"The one-of-a-kind periscopic camera obscura was the only thing that the museum moved from its former location. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2021",
"The museum also houses the Ni\u00e9pce Heliograph, considered the earliest surviving photograph made with camera obscura , the archive of playwright Arthur Miller, and childhood writing from authors including Charlotte Bront\u00eb and David Foster Wallace. \u2014 Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure , 2 Mar. 2021",
"How these images were made: John Chiara built a large camera obscura , mounted it on a trailer, and drove it to various locations. \u2014 Robert Kunzig, National Geographic , 13 Oct. 2020",
"Porter was a prolific inventor and is credited with dozens of inventions, including a flying ship, a portable camera obscura , a rotary plow, and more. \u2014 Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2020",
"Based on a design by Leonardo da Vinci, the camera obscura uses sunlight and mirrors to project 360-degree views of the surrounding beaches. \u2014 Helen Carefoot, Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2020",
"But Morell is well-known for another distinctive photographic approach: camera obscura , a technique that captures inverted views projected through a pinhole onto a surface in a darkened room. \u2014 National Geographic , 7 Jan. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For a throwback silhouette, Madewell\u2019s easy short-sleeve camp shirt could be a good option. \u2014 Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"The rapper posed on a small boat that was covered in bright Pucci print while wearing a colorful camp shirt , leather pants, and yellow fur mules. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 30 Apr. 2022",
"His official portrait, which hangs in government offices across the state, features him in a black Dickies camp shirt before an American flag. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"The camp shirt acts as a perfect bathing suit cover-up when worn open and an easy-going top when buttoned up and tucked into denim shorts. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 28 July 2021",
"The perfect summer camp shirt , a little dadcore, a little Celine. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 21 June 2021",
"Mersy is often dressed in something artfully baggy, like her partner\u2019s pants or a camp shirt , while Zohar is in a rotation of dresses. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 28 May 2021",
"Uzi is wearing a patterned camp shirt and plaid Burberry scarf over skinny Rick Owens jeans and white Air Force Ones. \u2014 Samuel Hine, GQ , 14 May 2018",
"Finneas, leaning over the couch in an extremely L.A. ensemble \u2014 multicolored camp shirt , skinny trousers, perforated brown loafers with no socks \u2014 gave Billie a hug. \u2014 Nicole Daniels, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Shuler Donner started in the industry as a TV camerawoman . \u2014 Tim Gray, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"In a now-viral moment, Harlow is shown messing with a camerawoman courtside. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"There were also moments of hostility \u2013 such as when a Hungarian camerawoman was filmed kicking and possibly tripping migrants along the country\u2019s border with Serbia. \u2014 Renata Brito, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Several years ago, a documentary director, Deborah Craig, and her camerawoman visited to film Gearhart. \u2014 Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times , 25 Dec. 2021",
"Craig and her camerawoman climbed in the back of Gearhart\u2019s rusted maroon S.U.V., the upholstery ripped and chewed by her dog, Bodhi, who had dibs on the front passenger seat. \u2014 Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times , 25 Dec. 2021",
"Two of its journalists -- reporter Katsiaryna Andreyeva and camerawoman Daria Chultsova -- are serving two-year sentences for providing live coverage of protests in November. \u2014 Gulnoza Said, CNN , 24 May 2021",
"There was one camerawoman , a woman motivating and instructing into the camera, and two men exercising on either side. \u2014 Dallas News , 24 Apr. 2020",
"The Emmy Award-winning comedian sat cross-legged in a chair in her living room, and her wife, actress Portia de Rossi, acted as camerawoman . \u2014 Christina Capatides, CBS News , 8 Apr. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Trump has appeared in direct-to- camera appeals for other candidates in this cycle, including Adam Laxalt, a Senate candidate in Nevada, and Kari Lake, a candidate for governor in Arizona. \u2014 Alexandra Marquez, NBC News , 28 June 2022",
"There's music playing, and Taika's standing behind the camera , giggling and ruining most of the takes. \u2014 Simon Thompson, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"She's also known to occasionally get behind the camera ; Kate has snapped the official birthday portraits of her children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 June 2022",
"At one point, Kate\u2014an avid photographer\u2014also had a chance to go behind a camera and get a video tutorial by one of the participants. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 22 June 2022",
"The British actor even stepped behind the camera this year to direct. \u2014 Emily Longeretta, Variety , 21 June 2022",
"Chief Eric Winstrom of the Grand Rapids police said pressure was applied to the camera to turn it off during the struggle. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"The photo series featured her in a wedgie-defying thong tank top onesie and a turtleneck with her bare butt to the camera . \u2014 Seventeen Editors, Seventeen , 7 June 2022",
"Whishaw puts on a show for us viewers, too, in droll asides to the camera . \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 3 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The campylobacter bacteria can cause campylobacteriosis. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 29 Aug. 2021",
"And too many people have done so anyway at their peril and ended up sick as a dog from salmonella, Cyclospora, campylobacter , and more. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 1 Mar. 2021",
"In additional lab experiments, the scientists injected raw chicken breast fillets with a cocktail of campylobacter and salmonella. \u2014 Joanna Klein, New York Times , 1 May 2020",
"Raw, unpasteurized milk can harbor germs like listeria, salmonella, campylobacter or cryptosporidium. \u2014 Rachel Meltzer Warren, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"The Humane Society said its undercover investigator became ill with campylobacter after contact with Petland\u2019s puppies. \u2014 Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com , 14 Nov. 2019",
"Health officials have been working to lower rates of campylobacter , which is the most common cause of food poisoning in the country. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2019",
"Digestive illnesses Heat is linked with higher risks for salmonella and campylobacter outbreaks. \u2014 Emily Holden, Scientific American , 16 Sep. 2019",
"Officials have been working to fight campylobacter , the most common cause of food poisoning in Britain. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Sep. 2019"
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"\u2014 Jeremy Twitchell",
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"\u2014 The Chicago Daily Herald"
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"\u02cckam-pi-l\u014d-bak-\u02cctir-\u0113-\u02c8\u014d-s\u0259s, kam-\u02ccpi-l\u0259-",
"kam-\u02ccpi-l\u0259-",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Also, pasteurization will kill the bacteria that cause various illnesses, including listeriosis, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis , typhoid fever, tuberculosis, diphtheria, and brucellosis. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 17 May 2022",
"The campylobacter bacteria can cause campylobacteriosis . \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 29 Aug. 2021",
"The illness is usually mild and some people with campylobacteriosis have no symptoms at all. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 29 Aug. 2021",
"By contrast, outbreaks of campylobacteriosis are often linked to unpasteurized dairy products, contaminated water, poultry and produce. \u2014 Susan Scutti, CNN , 11 Sep. 2017",
"Overall, campylobacteriosis -- which occurs much more frequently in the summer months than in the winter -- is estimated to affect over 1.3 million persons every year. \u2014 Susan Scutti, CNN , 11 Sep. 2017"
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"1978, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another combination is nonnative rose campion Lychnis coronaria with native butterfly weed for a striking combination of bright orange and fuchsia contrasting flowers. \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
"In Russia, scientists have regenerated reproductive tissue from unripe fruits of a narrow-leafed campion freeze-dried under the tundra for 32,000 years. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2021",
"The encroachment of subalpine ecosystems threatens species that have lived in formerly alpine habitats for thousands of years, including trees such as whitebark pine, flowers such as moss campion , and birds such as Clark\u2019s nutcracker. \u2014 Mara Johnson-groh, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Aug. 2020",
"What lives here grows low \u2014 lichen, moss campion in purple pillows and Arctic poppies whose dish-flowers track the sun. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, New York Times , 13 Sep. 2019",
"Poppies, campion , daisies, ragged robin, and many other native wild flowers are now on display in the famous gardens. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful , 16 July 2019",
"Under them is a dwarf purple osier willow that picks up the blue tones of annuals in a nearby pot and a Lychnis coronaria (commonly called rose campion ), a self-seeding annual that gets intense hot pink flowers. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2019",
"Under them is a dwarf purple osier willow that picks up the blue tones of annuals in a nearby pot and a Lychnis coronaria (commonly called rose campion ), a self-seeding annual that gets intense hot pink flowers. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2019",
"Finished the clock and happy to be using finally my campion seed pods. \u2014 Tai Nash, House Beautiful , 11 June 2019"
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"\u02c8kam-r\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-s\u0259-d\u0259",
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a pale yellow that is greener, stronger, and slightly darker than ivory and deeper and slightly greener than cream":[]
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"noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a slender grooved lead rod used to hold together panes of glass especially in a stained-glass window":[]
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"origin unknown":"Noun"
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"1688, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"type":[
"verb"
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": to impregnate or treat with camphor":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1641, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"examples":[
"Visitors crowded the campus on graduation day.",
"Rallies were held on college campuses across the country.",
"We walked around the campus on our first day.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The corporate office or university campus is a logical next step. \u2014 Dan Feldstein, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
"Stanford\u2019s campus was on its second day of a power outage Wednesday after a PG&E equipment failure that apparently coincided with the Edgewood Fire \u2014 the grass fire that has since been 20% contained in unincorporated San Mateo County. \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 June 2022",
"San Jose campus in the heart of Silicon Valley is abuzz with confidence. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
"The campus is also home to GM's Additive Industrialization Center, which opened in 2020 to pioneer GM's initiatives to 3D-print functional and aesthetic components for its vehicles. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"The BAYarts campus is within walking distance of the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center, a frequent collaborator, according to Heaton, and Huntington Beach. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"The university released a statement saying the campus is safe at this time and the lockdown has been lifted, noting that there was no credible threat of an active shooter following an initial investigation. \u2014 Wayne Baker, The Enquirer , 11 June 2022",
"The campus near Woodlawn Lake between Cincinnati, Wilson and Woodlawn is now a Salvation Army residential and social service facility. \u2014 Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News , 4 June 2022",
"The campus is still a crime scene this week, with investigators darting past yellow police tape. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022"
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"Latin, plain":""
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": a person who is responsible for doing repairs and maintenance on the buildings in a logging camp":[]
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"\u2014 R. T. Dunlop"
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"He has a brief cameo in the film.",
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"\u2014 R. T. Dunlop"
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"He has a brief cameo in the film.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"De Silvestro made a one-race cameo in IndyCar in 2021, but hasn\u2019t competed as a full-time driver since 2015. \u2014 Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"And rumors said that the Doctor Strange 2 plot included a Deadpool cameo . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 23 June 2022",
"Doesn\u2019t everyone eat meals cooked by David Chang (in a cameo )",
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"Showrunner Eric Kripke also talks about the brief celebrity cameo that arrives on the show just before the power couple imploded their relationship. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 18 June 2022",
"The iconic Woodstock Opera House, which opened in 1890, gets a cameo in that shot, as does local bookshop Read Between the Lynes (the punny moniker is a nod to its owner's last name). \u2014 Terri Robertson, Country Living , 17 June 2022",
"In the short film, Swift appears in a cameo as herself at the end. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 11 June 2022"
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"definitions":{
": a solution of pyroxylin in an alcoholic solution of camphor used as a substitute for collodion":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012605"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of deciduous woody vines (formerly included in Bignonia or Tecoma ) climbing by aerial roots and having opposite odd-pinnate toothed leaves and large orange or scarlet flowers in showy clusters":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014030"
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"definitions":{
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-050053"
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}
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