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flesh

[flesh] / flɛʃ /




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On Thursday, Carney will address the European Parliament to flesh out his vision to link up with Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Utopia exists between the care and the kisses and the how you doin’s, it becomes flesh and bone in the embrace of full body hugs and smiles so wide they could devour the sun.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Like Carrick with Gabriel, Sir Alex Ferguson saw Giggs playing youth football in the flesh, initially in a trial game at the Cliff training ground.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

If horror is “flesh and fluids,” then the flesh of this movie is a body comprised of nebulous ideas.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

With a rock and a spike, she punched a hole and drank the juice, cracked the shell and pried out the flesh.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

That earlier book floated an eye-catching thesis that Mr. Mandelbaum now fleshes out fully: that U.S. foreign policy is, indeed, distinctive, being “unusually ideological, unusually economic, and unusually democratic.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

The film shares the same narrative structure as past versions but fleshes out sequences that necessitate more introspection to enhance the story’s already enchanting framework.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2024

Casting is, unambiguously, an art form, one that enlivens the page and fleshes out drama.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 8, 2024

Treasury Department fleshes out the minute details in President Biden’s signature climate bill.

From Seattle Times Jul. 19, 2023

A glance into the classrooms of the Los Angeles public school system, where my sons are being educated, fleshes out the abstract debates with the faces of children.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

By the 2000s, some franchises offered games that fleshed out or complemented the worlds depicted on the silver screen.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

Professors Carlos Manuel Vázquez and Steve Vladeck fleshed out the theory in an important 2013 article that has only grown more relevant since.

From Slate Apr. 15, 2026

Plans to restrict the companies’ activities in the housing market have been fleshed out in a bill that was recently passed by the Senate.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

Directors and actors fleshed out the world by asking ultra-specific questions: How many cans should be in the recycling bags?

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 2, 2026

It certainly fleshed out her reputation and gave people new reason to leave her in peace.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

And then Jamie and I have been fleshing it out with Matt.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The luxurious hotel complex was proposed by Washington and Tehran, and their Pakistani and Qatari mediators, for the negotiations aimed at fleshing out their preliminary agreement on ending nearly four months of war.

From Barron's Jun. 21, 2026

We’re all for peace-making, but this idea could use some fleshing out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 20, 2026

If Hancock spent more time fleshing out his characters, perhaps the rapidly paced events of the movie’s first act wouldn’t cause such whiplash.

From Salon Jan. 31, 2025

Anyone who tries to occupy this ‘best of both worlds’ position needs to face up to a further challenge, that of fleshing out the notion that nature pushes back.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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