as in to nose out
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With his occasionally brusque manner, his maniacal secrecy about team selection and his refusal to explain his tactical decisions, Luis Enrique put a few noses out of joint in the French media.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025 -
Shelving the movie put noses out of joint with talks of a potential tax write-down.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
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The prevailing wind during the first series against the Chicago Cubs was blowing out toward right center field, but on Tuesday the wind was calmer.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Even after blowing out Butler and the Warriors 112-86 at Kaseya Center on Tuesday night, Spoelstra and Heat players continued to dismiss any extra motivation generated from Butler’s return to Miami following last month’s trade to Golden State.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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The same Oregon high school that came under fire last year for allowing a transgender athlete to compete against girls continues to blow away the competition one year later.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
20 Mar. 2025
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The Caesar and bread arrive first, and we’re totally blown away.—
Florence O'Connor,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2025
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JPMorgan economists recently raised their forecast for a U.S. and global recession to 60 percent, up from 40 percent following President Donald Trump's imposition of sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries, including 104 percent tariffs on Chinese imports.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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The spike in the three major stock indexes erased much of the losses suffered in the aftermath of sweeping new tariffs issued by Trump a week ago.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2025
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There are many ways to skin this particular cat, mind you.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2025
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But in our solar system, there’s more than one way to skin a planet.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Mar. 2025
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Instead, hundreds of Russian commandos were slaughtered at Moshchun by a ragged mix of Ukrainian troops, policemen, national guardsmen and regular civilians, some of them armed with nothing more than hand grenades and hunting rifles.—
Simon Shuster,
TIME,
24 Mar. 2025
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Birds are dying off — or they're slaughtered — by the thousands.—
Suzy Khimm,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In the February primary, House bested Henyard, garnering 88% of the vote.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Gators, who won their first NCAA men’s championship title since 2007 and third overall, bested the Cougars by a razor-thin margin: 65-63.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
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Most of those minerals are currently buried beneath thick sheets of previously impenetrable ice.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
10 Apr. 2025
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Two to three weeks after burying the branch, check for new roots.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Edge (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edge%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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