dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/gos_MW.json
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"gos":{
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": goshawk":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u00e4s"
],
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"type":[
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},
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},
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"-\u00e4z\u02ccm-",
"\u02c8g\u00e4s\u02ccm\u014d(\u0259)r"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072415",
"type":[
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},
"gospel":{
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": a lection (see lection sense 1 ) from one of the New Testament Gospels":[],
": an interpretation of the Christian message":[
"the social gospel"
],
": gospel music":[],
": having a basis in or being in accordance with the gospel (see gospel entry 1 sense 1 ) : evangelical":[
"ordained to the gospel ministry",
"\u2014 Christian Century"
],
": marked by special or fervid emphasis on the gospel":[
"a gospel meeting"
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": of, relating to, or being religious songs of American origin associated with evangelism and popular devotion and marked by simple melody and harmony and elements of folk songs and blues":[],
": something accepted or promoted as infallible (see infallible sense 1 ) truth or as a guiding principle or doctrine":[
"took her words as gospel",
"spreading the gospel of conservation",
"\u2014 R. M. Hodesh"
],
": the message concerning Christ, the kingdom of God, and salvation":[],
": the message or teachings of a religious teacher":[]
},
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"Noun",
"a reading from the Gospel of St. John",
"her private gospel is to do good cheerfully and without any expectation of reward",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The gospel Koenen has preached for two decades isn\u2019t for everyone. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"In 2019, the Business Roundtable officially renounced the shareholder-value gospel . \u2014 Steve Denning, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"The haunting guitar notes of a gospel blues song recorded nearly a century ago emerge from a quiet background of hiss and crackles. \u2014 Joe Heim, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
"Ross grew up singing gospel , writing songs, recording, and travelling to state fairs. \u2014 Taiia Smart Young, refinery29.com , 5 June 2022",
"The Sunday gospel concert sends folks home on a high note. \u2014 Patricia Harris And David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"That\u2019s nonsense, of course, but it\u2019s modern American gun gospel . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"All of the above might have been very provocative in a film focused solely on Lewis\u2019 gospel work. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
"It was originally conceived as being more on the gospel session T-Bone produced with Jerry Lee in 2019. \u2014 Jake Coyle, ajc , 21 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Smyth had gradually come to accept their theories too as gospel truth, and had incorporated them into his thesis. \u2014 Jimmy Maher, Ars Technica , 15 Mar. 2020",
"Meanwhile in South Carolina, Booker's campaign has launched a new radio advertisement on eight urban contemporary and gospel radio stations across the state. \u2014 Caitlin Conant, CBS News , 6 Dec. 2019",
"Large chunks of the film are made up of Cambridge Analytica sales decks, which the directors appear to take as gospel truth about how sophisticated and successful the company was. \u2014 L.m., The Economist , 24 July 2019",
"Market prices, of course, are no more gospel truth than are the extrapolations of economists. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 30 July 2018",
"Gospel stage production about family's struggle with alcoholism and their journey back to God through faith, hope and love. \u2014 Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com , 5 July 2017",
"Gospel singer Bebe Winans sings beautiful hymns; New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker joins her on stage. \u2014 Capricia Marshall, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Dec. 2016"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
},
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"Middle English, from Old English g\u014ddspel (translation of Late Latin evangelium ), from g\u014dd good + spell tale \u2014 more at spell entry 1":"Noun and Adjective"
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-sp\u0259l"
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"creed",
"doctrine",
"dogma",
"ideology",
"idealogy",
"philosophy",
"testament"
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"type":[
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"noun"
]
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": a person who reads or sings the liturgical Gospel":[]
},
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"Horatio Alger is remembered as the great gospeler of the American success story."
],
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"booster",
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"exponent",
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"friend",
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"hierophant",
"high priest",
"paladin",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"protagonist",
"supporter",
"true believer",
"tub-thumper",
"white knight"
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"Horatio Alger is remembered as the great gospeler of the American success story."
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": extremely light, delicate, or tenuous":[
"a gossamer white veil"
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": something light, delicate, or insubstantial":[
"the gossamer of youth's dreams",
"\u2014 Andrea Parke"
]
},
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"Noun",
"a butterfly's wings of gossamer",
"Adjective",
"fairies are usually depicted as wearing gossamer or tattered clothing",
"the gossamer veil seemed to float about the bride as she walked down the aisle",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Hessel Cohen LoveShackFancy-fied many of the girls\u2014Buffett wore a dreamy gossamer gown of green and white. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 5 June 2022",
"Under is gossamer -thin \u2014 like the wings of the butterflies that become one more sign of childhood pleasures being discarded. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"Both are incredibly detailed and have a gossamer lightness to them. \u2014 Tobias Grey, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Trek\u2019s new superbike ($15,750) weighs an astonishing 10.3 pounds, thanks to its gossamer parts. \u2014 Aaron Gulley, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
"Her gossamer vocals glinted on lush orchestral waves. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The clips are paired with unexceptional small sculptures of the dancer engulfed in rippling bronze rather than gossamer robes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Also noteworthy were the Magnolias of the emblem float, each attired with illuminated, full-length gossamer wings, to stellar result. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 2 Mar. 2022",
"China's second entry comes in the form of the classic gossamer -thin translucent flour pancakes used to wrap slow-cooked Peking duck. \u2014 Chris Dwyer, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"No matter how far-fetched the premise or gossamer -thin the story, the musical invites (compels) us to go along with its essential surrealism, to travel to that dream space where everyday life suddenly moves and sounds deliriously out of this world. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 7 May 2020",
"For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers. \u2014 Sarah Khan, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 Feb. 2020",
"The result is a sequence of events that\u2019s both intriguing and gossamer -thin. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2020",
"The hangers are also coated with velvet flocking, better for grabbing gossamer blouses that can slide off smoother hangers. \u2014 Jennifer Hunter, New York Times , 22 Jan. 2020",
"Both would be coated with a gossamer -thin layer of gold for reflectivity and bathed in faint laser beams to detect their oscillations\u2014and thus their temperature. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American , 11 Dec. 2019",
"But his most impressive skill is the ancient art of gilding, using gossamer sheets of gold leaf just .12 microns thick to add a brilliant metallic effect to lettering. \u2014 Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Cool in Top-Siders and floral maxidresses and gossamer pareos. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 14 Oct. 2019",
"Or the glamorous Starry Starry Night, gossamer black sesame sponge cake, silky sweet chocolate ganache and a sprinkling of marzipan stars. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 3 Oct. 2019"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1807, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"Middle English gossomer , from gos goose + somer summer":"Noun",
"from attributive use of gossamer entry 1":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-s\u0259-m\u0259r",
"\u02c8g\u00e4-z\u0259-",
"-z\u0259-",
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"sleazy",
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"\u2014 Andrea Parke"
]
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"a butterfly's wings of gossamer",
"Adjective",
"fairies are usually depicted as wearing gossamer or tattered clothing",
"the gossamer veil seemed to float about the bride as she walked down the aisle",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Hessel Cohen LoveShackFancy-fied many of the girls\u2014Buffett wore a dreamy gossamer gown of green and white. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 5 June 2022",
"Under is gossamer -thin \u2014 like the wings of the butterflies that become one more sign of childhood pleasures being discarded. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"Both are incredibly detailed and have a gossamer lightness to them. \u2014 Tobias Grey, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Trek\u2019s new superbike ($15,750) weighs an astonishing 10.3 pounds, thanks to its gossamer parts. \u2014 Aaron Gulley, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
"Her gossamer vocals glinted on lush orchestral waves. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The clips are paired with unexceptional small sculptures of the dancer engulfed in rippling bronze rather than gossamer robes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Also noteworthy were the Magnolias of the emblem float, each attired with illuminated, full-length gossamer wings, to stellar result. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 2 Mar. 2022",
"China's second entry comes in the form of the classic gossamer -thin translucent flour pancakes used to wrap slow-cooked Peking duck. \u2014 Chris Dwyer, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"No matter how far-fetched the premise or gossamer -thin the story, the musical invites (compels) us to go along with its essential surrealism, to travel to that dream space where everyday life suddenly moves and sounds deliriously out of this world. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 7 May 2020",
"For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers. \u2014 Sarah Khan, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 Feb. 2020",
"The result is a sequence of events that\u2019s both intriguing and gossamer -thin. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2020",
"The hangers are also coated with velvet flocking, better for grabbing gossamer blouses that can slide off smoother hangers. \u2014 Jennifer Hunter, New York Times , 22 Jan. 2020",
"Both would be coated with a gossamer -thin layer of gold for reflectivity and bathed in faint laser beams to detect their oscillations\u2014and thus their temperature. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American , 11 Dec. 2019",
"But his most impressive skill is the ancient art of gilding, using gossamer sheets of gold leaf just .12 microns thick to add a brilliant metallic effect to lettering. \u2014 Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Cool in Top-Siders and floral maxidresses and gossamer pareos. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 14 Oct. 2019",
"Or the glamorous Starry Starry Night, gossamer black sesame sponge cake, silky sweet chocolate ganache and a sprinkling of marzipan stars. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 3 Oct. 2019"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1807, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
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"Middle English gossomer , from gos goose + somer summer":"Noun",
"from attributive use of gossamer entry 1":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-s\u0259-m\u0259r",
"\u02c8g\u00e4-z\u0259-",
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"also \u02c8g\u00e4z-m\u0259r"
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"Noun",
"He had been spreading gossip about his coworkers.",
"the latest news and gossip from the entertainment industry",
"She writes a gossip column in the paper.",
"I like having a good gossip now and then.",
"Verb",
"They spent the afternoon gossiping on the phone.",
"They often gossip with each other about their neighbors.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In addition to being foundational to the biographical genre, modern group biographies are excellent sources of historical trivia, ideas, and, happily, gossip . \u2014 Talya Zax, The Atlantic , 26 June 2022",
"Oliver quips that the news was so big, even celebrity gossip site TMZ weighed in. \u2014 Steven Santana, Chron , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Even though Dan did turn out to be a sociopath in running a gossip site about all his friends, Joe is the more complex role. \u2014 Jackson Mchenry, Vulture , 30 Aug. 2021",
"News and gossip site BallerAlert captured screenshots of Che including select responses to his story and posted them to Twitter. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 30 July 2021",
"The article on the French celebrity gossip site states that it was taken at a nightclub in Gothenburg, Sweden, where Gates' friend Charles Simonyi was hosting a party before his wedding to Lisa Persdotter. \u2014 Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY , 6 Mar. 2021",
"This has descended into the realm of personal gossip . \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 22 June 2022",
"This has descended into the realm of personal gossip . \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Cardone suggested avoiding the trap of gossip and sharing your dirty laundry, which opens you up to criticism. \u2014 John Brandon, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The project was her way of reclaiming a narrative lost to gossip , cultural critique, media coverage and her own preference for keeping the world at bay. \u2014 Essence , 2 June 2022",
"Of course, there is no way to prevent talk or gossip outside of the mastermind, but good masterminds are built on trust, and trust is built on confidential sharing and advising. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Coconut cream pies huddle with date-nut bread to gossip about pineapple upside-down cake. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
"However, gossip not only derails their career but can also destroy the foundations of a culture of trust. \u2014 Loubna Noureddin, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The badaud is predominantly male, but women are allowed to stop and stare and mingle and gossip as well. \u2014 Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Product drops and gossip about its collaborators remained largely within the confines of the devoted YouTube and Reddit beauty communities. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The heart of a city may beat loudest in its restaurants, the places where people gather to eat and drink, to gossip and celebrate. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 18 Feb. 2022",
"But '60s gossip aside, the song is about demanding independence and a sense of self. \u2014 Harper's BAZAAR , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1627, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English gossib , from Old English godsibb , from god god + sibb kinsman, from sibb related \u2014 more at sib":"Noun and Verb"
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-s\u0259p"
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"tale-teller",
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"spreading gossip about their divorce"
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"Their breakup was common gossip ."
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},
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"Noun",
"He had been spreading gossip about his coworkers.",
"the latest news and gossip from the entertainment industry",
"She writes a gossip column in the paper.",
"I like having a good gossip now and then.",
"Verb",
"They spent the afternoon gossiping on the phone.",
"They often gossip with each other about their neighbors.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In addition to being foundational to the biographical genre, modern group biographies are excellent sources of historical trivia, ideas, and, happily, gossip . \u2014 Talya Zax, The Atlantic , 26 June 2022",
"Oliver quips that the news was so big, even celebrity gossip site TMZ weighed in. \u2014 Steven Santana, Chron , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Even though Dan did turn out to be a sociopath in running a gossip site about all his friends, Joe is the more complex role. \u2014 Jackson Mchenry, Vulture , 30 Aug. 2021",
"News and gossip site BallerAlert captured screenshots of Che including select responses to his story and posted them to Twitter. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 30 July 2021",
"The article on the French celebrity gossip site states that it was taken at a nightclub in Gothenburg, Sweden, where Gates' friend Charles Simonyi was hosting a party before his wedding to Lisa Persdotter. \u2014 Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY , 6 Mar. 2021",
"This has descended into the realm of personal gossip . \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 22 June 2022",
"This has descended into the realm of personal gossip . \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Cardone suggested avoiding the trap of gossip and sharing your dirty laundry, which opens you up to criticism. \u2014 John Brandon, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The project was her way of reclaiming a narrative lost to gossip , cultural critique, media coverage and her own preference for keeping the world at bay. \u2014 Essence , 2 June 2022",
"Of course, there is no way to prevent talk or gossip outside of the mastermind, but good masterminds are built on trust, and trust is built on confidential sharing and advising. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Coconut cream pies huddle with date-nut bread to gossip about pineapple upside-down cake. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
"However, gossip not only derails their career but can also destroy the foundations of a culture of trust. \u2014 Loubna Noureddin, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The badaud is predominantly male, but women are allowed to stop and stare and mingle and gossip as well. \u2014 Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Product drops and gossip about its collaborators remained largely within the confines of the devoted YouTube and Reddit beauty communities. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The heart of a city may beat loudest in its restaurants, the places where people gather to eat and drink, to gossip and celebrate. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 18 Feb. 2022",
"But '60s gossip aside, the song is about demanding independence and a sense of self. \u2014 Harper's BAZAAR , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1627, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
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"the upcoming nuptials between the sixtyish businessman and the twentysomething have sent the gossipmongers into overdrive",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, Coughlan\u2019s gossipmonger Lady Whistledown continues to have a hold on the \u2018ton, while keeping her double life a secret from most of the people closest to her but entrusting it to a key few. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The royal tastemaker is intent on finding out the identity of Lady Whistledown, the anonymous gossipmonger exposing the secrets (and hypocrisy) of London\u2019s elite. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Ayamma and Dede are fans and daily watchers of a talk show hosted by an interviewer-cum- gossipmonger named Adenikeh (Abena). \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 12 Nov. 2021",
"The internet gossipmonger is quickly welcomed into the fold of conservative rabble-rousers; in some leafy enclave of Greater Washington, Laura Ingraham even hosts a party to introduce him around. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Helen plants a story about the film with gossipmonger Hedda Hopper, and Avis greenlights a new movie written by Archie and directed by Raymond. \u2014 Jean Bentley, refinery29.com , 4 May 2020",
"De Havilland objected to her depiction on the show, saying her likeness was illegally used and her character, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, came across as a vulgar gossipmonger . \u2014 Fox News , 2 Oct. 2018",
"De Havilland objected to her depiction on the show, saying her likeness was illegally used and her character, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, came across as a vulgar gossipmonger . \u2014 Fox News , 2 Oct. 2018",
"De Havilland objected to her depiction on the show, saying her likeness was illegally used and her character, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, came across as a vulgar gossipmonger . \u2014 Fox News , 2 Oct. 2018"
],
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"If Barber\u2019s narrative of tumultuous times is often more gossipy than revelatory, his insight into how power operates and sustains itself is truly intriguing. \u2014 The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"Golden-Coners, mostly gay men and straight women, hustled from gossipy panel discussions to raucous trivia games and reverent autograph signings. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"Sun was glinting off the creek, a gossipy circle of wild turkeys faced us on the other side, and Somers was in a pensive mood. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"Back in London, gossipy members of society accused Duff Gordon of bribing the crew to row the two-thirds-empty craft from the scene without helping victims in the water. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"As does adding the heroine\u2019s parents, best friend, and sister, who watch Remy date from the sidelines, providing gossipy , loving, commentary. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 5 Mar. 2022",
"In a famously gossipy industry, the lack of a clear motive fueled a frenzy of speculation. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 1 Feb. 2022",
"After weeks of gossipy reports about Chris Cuomo\u2019s plans to sock it to his former employer, Zucker in early February shocked his colleagues with a resignation announcement. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Cox's memoir hits shelves in all its gossipy glory on Jan. 18. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 15 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Oh my gosh , wasn\u2019t that just the loveliest performance? \u2014 Greg Garrison | Ggarrison@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"Oh my gosh , there are real human beings doing this, there are real human beings making this food, and this is a very human enterprise that's going on here. \u2014 Gerrad Hall, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"But on the other hand, O\u2019Neale hasn\u2019t really had much of an impact defensively, gosh , nearly all season. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022",
"But gosh , that\u2019s risky too, given how good the Grizzlies have been this season. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Things looked pretty gosh darn bleak at the end of Star Wars: Episode III \u2014 Revenge of the Sith. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"So, oh my gosh , you Laura: said that wouldn\u2019t be confusing at all. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Oh my gosh , this man's love for his daughter is beyond sweet. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 1 Mar. 2022",
"But oh my gosh there's been so many epic battles with them. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 2 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sergeant Jackie Noonan was squaring away paperwork when the call came in, just her and the gosling , Pronsius Swift, in Ballina Garda Station. \u2014 Colin Barrett, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
"This gosling broke away from a pack of birds and hid behind the leg of a bench for a few seconds before poking its little head out to say hello. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 5 Sep. 2021",
"Sadly, the little gosling was found dead just a few months later. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 July 2020",
"Walter Kinzie has had some strange visitors at his new office -- deer, antelopes, four rattlesnakes and a mother goose and her goslings . \u2014 Kathryn Vasel, CNN , 18 May 2020",
"The other day, a procession of cars on a road near Stone Barns Center, the nonprofit educational farm in Pocantico Hills, New York, halted in its tracks to make way for goslings : a gaggle of them, waddling across the pavement. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 15 May 2020",
"As the spring progresses, there will be goslings , which is always a great treat. \u2014 James Gorman, New York Times , 22 Mar. 2020",
"Intimacy can emerge in a photograph of a father and his children talking while roasting marshmallows or a fluffy gosling cuddled into the safety of its mother\u2019s feathers. \u2014 National Geographic , 10 May 2019",
"That is, the scientists had to let a flock of goslings imprint on them so that when the birds matured, the humans could lead them into a wind tunnel and fit them with monitoring equipment. \u2014 Scientific American , 6 Sep. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jezebel, the goshawk , ended up contracting a host of bacterial and fungal infections, and Swanson also got sick himself. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"Also at risk are rare species including northern goshawk , western toads, northern red legged frogs and brown bats. \u2014 Lynda V. Mapes, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Sep. 2021",
"In Berkshire County, there was an acadian flycatcher and a Northern goshawk at Canoe Meadows in Pittsfield, a clay-colored sparrow at the Moran Wildlife Area in Windsor, and a continuing hooded warbler in New Marlborough. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2021",
"Additionally, the lack of normal goshawk activity led me to believe that the ptarmigan population is indeed low. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2021",
"One had been hit by a goshawk and was struggling; the other only lasted a day or so before the hawk came back and took it. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2021",
"In some ways, the robo-hawk is a lot like a real northern goshawk . \u2014 Rob Verger, Popular Science , 28 Oct. 2020",
"Their creation was inspired by a real bird called the northern goshawk . \u2014 Rob Verger, Popular Science , 28 Oct. 2020",
"Centering on her grief over her father\u2019s unexpected death and her relationship with a goshawk named Mabel, the book won the Samuel Johnson Award and was the Costa Book of the Year and a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, the Carnegie Medal and others. \u2014 Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune , 30 Aug. 2020"
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"definitions":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then as far as the harmonies and how to construct them, that came from the gospel side . \u2014 Gail Mitchell, Billboard , 27 Aug. 2019",
"If future crossover success proved elusive, Mr. Hawkins was a regular at Grammy time on the gospel side , racking up 19 nominations and three more wins with various projects. \u2014 Neil Genzlinger, New York Times , 15 Jan. 2018",
"On the gospel side , Tamela Mann rules as Top Gospel Artist of 2017 (and Top Female). \u2014 Jim Asker, Billboard , 11 Dec. 2017"
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"from the custom of reading the Gospel from this side":""
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"definitions":{
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"town in Hampshire, southern England, on Portsmouth Harbor population 72,800":[]
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