as in to tie
to fasten with a device in which a small piece of wood, plastic, metal, etc. is pushed through a loop or hole
toggled his duffel coat closed
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Will Knight, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Unlike other bats, vampires are mobile on the ground, toggling between two distinct gaits to circle their sleeping prey.
—Sebastian Stockmaier, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Open the Settings app on your device, click Accessibility > Siri, and toggle on Type to Siri.
—Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
This kind of toggling between titillation and isolation, raciness and restraint, recurs from one gallery to the next.
—Amy Verner, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2024
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Will Knight, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Unlike other bats, vampires are mobile on the ground, toggling between two distinct gaits to circle their sleeping prey.
—Sebastian Stockmaier, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Open the Settings app on your device, click Accessibility > Siri, and toggle on Type to Siri.
—Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
This kind of toggling between titillation and isolation, raciness and restraint, recurs from one gallery to the next.
—Amy Verner, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2024
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Boost’s fastest downloads, up to 1Gbps, come on phones such as Samsung’s Galaxy S24 that support four-channel carrier aggregation, in which the network ties multiple 5G channels together to maximize throughput.Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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Jokic tipped in his own miss with 49 seconds left to tie the game and set up for Denver’s fifth win that has come down to the last possession of regulation.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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In the one photo the pop icon shared of the pair, she and Morris, 28, stood side-by-side with their hands each clasped together in a room decorated with fake cobwebs.Escher Walcott, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Conclave begins with the image of a cardinal tensely making his way along a Roman highway late at night, his crimson biretta cap clasped tightly in his hand.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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Morgan Stanley pinned Walmart’s strength on its success in attracting higher-income shoppers with its membership program, its online marketplace and its strength in grocery.Evan Clark, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
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Experts pin our collective fascination on the usual suspects: selfie culture, the persistence of Zoom, and the popularization of procedures aimed at improving the geometry of our jawlines.Jolene Edgar, Allure, 20 Nov. 2024
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From wooden garden pergolas, paper marigolds hung above the performers’ feather headdresses.Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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The Mustangs hung tough on the conversion as Madeline Hales intercepted a pass and raced the length of the field — 80 yards — for 2 points.Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
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Examples include: Stress: People under a lot of stress may be more likely to clench or grind their teeth.Maggie Aime, MSN, Health, 21 Oct. 2024
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The most important step is to identify and correct oral behaviors that can contribute to burning mouth syndrome, like clenching or grinding your jaw.Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024
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Wear rubber gloves and clip a mangled licking branch (which holds the forehead and saliva scent of several bucks and does) from atop an active scrape and wire it over a mock scrape near your stand.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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During a July rally in Butler, Pa., a rooftop gunman clipped Trump in the right ear and killed an attendee.Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Each pair comes embellished with a large wooden button that can be fastened for maximum warmth or unfastened for easy slip-off removal.Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
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Both sported a double strand of pearls and had American flag pins fastened to their lapels.Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
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On July 7, after months of on-and-off negotiations, Shari Redstone’s National Amusements Inc., the controlling shareholder of Paramount Global, clinched a deal to sell NAI to Skydance-RedBird, which would then merge Paramount with Skydance.Todd Spangler, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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Harris won much of the West Coast and Northeast and Trump clinched victories in the South.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Toggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toggle. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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