as in to rub
to make smooth by friction
beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist
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as in to march
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group
to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
5 July 2026
In May, four Memphis residents filed a pending federal lawsuit seeking to block the federal task force from applying a law that bars residents from approaching within 25 feet of law enforcement officers to record their activities.
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Jack Brook,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2026
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
Security video shows the monks walking single-file along the roadside before the impact; police say the truck appeared to swerve off the road.
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Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
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Nieporte filed a federal lawsuit in May against human resources company ADP Totalsource for its role in his firing, seeking at least $30 million.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
5 July 2026
In May, four Memphis residents filed a pending federal lawsuit seeking to block the federal task force from applying a law that bars residents from approaching within 25 feet of law enforcement officers to record their activities.
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Jack Brook,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2026
Noun
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in the new filing defended his agency’s decision to withhold millions of investigative files, saying that releasing more materials would harm Epstein’s victims and the government.
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Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
Security video shows the monks walking single-file along the roadside before the impact; police say the truck appeared to swerve off the road.
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Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
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An agitator is a post in the machine’s center that twists so the clothes can rub against each other, while impellers have a cone or disc on the bottom of the drum that spins.
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Thyme When their essential oils are released and rubbed onto the skin, thyme plants, including creeping thyme, can help keep mosquitoes away.
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People in costumes marched alongside floats with advertisements and extravagantly patriotic decorations.
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Ben felt that his biggest contribution to Civil Rights would not be marching in the streets, but instead demonstrating his capabilities to others in influential positions through performance, negotiation, and results.
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Anthropic would have to do an equity offering right now to get in that queue, which is pretty backed up, to say the least.
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People headed to the event in person can enter via an entry queue on 14th St NW, Freedom 250 said.
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Their work included sanding the benches along the Naperville Riverwalk.
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The dredge is conducted by crane and excavator barges that dig sand up and deposit it in another barge.
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Ed Sheeran strides to Taylor Swift wedding Ed Sheeran, clad in a bright aqua blue suit, arrived holding hands with wife Cherry Seaborn.
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Late in the trial, a surprise witness came striding into the courtroom.
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More than 120 people got sick in a norovirus outbreak aboard a Princess Cruises ship, marking the cruise line’s third this year.
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Cage’s score is an abstract work based on the Japanese form of collective poetry known as renga, in which each poet attempts to write a line that is as distant as possible in meaning from the preceding line.
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Parker Kitternan was busy at the console of the church's pipe organ, polishing his musical tribute for the weekend.
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Wear it with flat sandals for a beachfront dinner or add wedges and simple jewelry for an outfit that feels polished enough for a special occasion.
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Zach Wichter is a travel reporter and wrote the Cruising Altitude column for USA TODAY.
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United is a staple of the gossip column and so supporters must take any reporting about transfer targets linked to their club with a pinch of salt.
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