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boning

verb

present participle of bone

as in cleaning

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There’s always somebody cleaning, a chef, nannies, assistants.

— Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
Plainly put, consumers buy toothpaste, groceries, and cleaning supplies regardless of macro or micro economic stress.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

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Johnny Was, reimagines everyday dressing through expressive prints, rich colors, and intricate detailing combining Natori’s heritage in luxury intimate apparel with Johnny Was’s relaxed, bohemian sensibility.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026
Again, these can be seamlessly slotted into consumers’ occasion dressing in a manner that typical costumes cannot.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026

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Varga contributed costumes, props, sets and visual artwork to Gwar, which became infamous beyond the metal world for their grotesque (if good-natured) theatrics, which included disemboweling effigies of religious and political figures onstage.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Films that accompanied the curriculum also showed the Netsilik disemboweling a seal and carving up a caribou.

— Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025

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In the Johnson administration, that has taken a back seat to extracting cash from those deemed by these redistributionists as having too much of it.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
For supporters, the proposal represents an emergency fiscal response aimed at temporarily extracting revenue from unprecedented concentrations of wealth.

— Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

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Casual, wide-leg styles also prevailed here, and tonal floral embroidery adorned some styles up the side of the leg, drawing the eye in without creating distraction.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026
Talarico also stated his opposition to transgender student-athletes competing in girls’ sports in a Fox News interview in September, drawing progressive criticism.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026

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boning (up)

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