aside
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Afterward, he sets aside time for quiet journaling and discussion.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
What concerns me most is that the money is gone, and nothing has been set aside for his needs.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
A new government savings scheme will set aside £10 a week for children in care for them to access when they turn 18.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Scholarly references aside, much of what they say might describe a football, or a fútbol, game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
I shoved aside some of the leaves and reached inside.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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The pressure of the occasion, the scrutiny he will face, the deftness with which he handles questions, the attacks, the barbs, the asides, will all be key to how the public perceive him.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Patterson and editor Patrick J. Smith interweave scenes of intrigue and shocking violence, take liberties with Amziah’s storytelling asides and give us barn-burning musical sequences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
She throws every tangentially relevant piece of information she can—talking points, asides about old campaigns, recommendations for where to spend time in Detroit, references to bills she’s worked on—into each response.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Still, those were mostly charming asides for TikTok clout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
In one of the asides that probably prepared us for the job better than any of the approved curriculum items, Kirkley said that occasionally officers did have to act in self-defense.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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