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as in to touch (on)
to come very close to being
that comment borders on insubordination, and you should be more careful in the future
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as in to join
to be adjacent to
that state borders on three others
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Garfield joined in 2019 and previously worked as the as CEO of the Information Technology Industry Council.Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
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Delfino turned pro for Santa Cruz in 2019 and also joined the Monster Energy team that same year.Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Bert is a little gray on the chin but doesn't seem to feel it at all!The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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After Rodón got two quick outs, the Dodgers didn’t seem to have much brewing.Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
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Some shots flew into a next-door neighbor’s adjoining apartment.Dylan Lovan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Some shots flew into a next-door neighbor's adjoining apartment.CBS News, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
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Police in neighboring Vancouver, Washington, responded to an arson at a ballot box about 30 minutes later.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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Images from Taiwan’s official Central News Agency and social media showed ferocious waves slamming into the coast of Taitung county, while parts of neighboring Hualien county were submerged in floodwaters.Eric Cheung, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Other excavations in recent years have uncovered a pregnant tortoise, an ancient construction site and a painting of a circular flatbread that resembles a pizza, among other finds.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
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During a search of the vehicle, a 2020 Chevrolet Suburban, troopers found a metallic cylinder with a 1-foot fuse that resembled a CO2 cartridge.Amir Mahmoud, arkansasonline.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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As a driver, the system is easy to use: Once in adaptive cruise control, which is a standard part of the driver assist and safety package, touch the Super Cruise button and the system will determine if all the criteria support its use.Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The game even touches on tensions between Black and brown people living in L.A. at the time, before later serving up CJ and Cesar Vialpando as perhaps the best bromance in gaming.Ade Adeniji, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2024
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The Associated Press reported general chaos surrounding the event, where Chalamet was flanked by body guards and some fans seemed to mistake look-alikes for the real actor.Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2024
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By Audrey Lee In the primary bedroom, a white linen bed is flanked by playful metal Zara Home nightstands with chrome and glass lamps on top.Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2024
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For about an hour, while the former President was trained at the fry station, police surrounded the restaurant, holding back pro- and anti-Trump demonstrators and shutting down Street Road, an east-west path on William Penn’s seventeenth-century maps which is today redundantly named.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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Within seconds, at least eight officers surrounded the victim.Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Border (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/border%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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