gin
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But the silence has catalyzed non-Swiftie onlookers to gin up something decisively, inarguably odious to place at the singer’s feet.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
But many recall how the place kept alive a fragment of Delhi's elite past through small rituals: liveried waiters at dusk, gin and lime on shaded verandas, retired generals and diplomats lingering under neem trees.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
“It’s too late now to gin up something to harm a competitor,” Bill Savitt, a lawyer for OpenAI, had argued in his opening statement.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
Technology, geopolitics, and economics have aligned to gin up excitement on Wall Street about the potential swirling above the clouds.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
Dadi, meanwhile, looked like she may as well have been sipping a sloe gin fizz in the Bahamas.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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Along the way, I acquired some new words in Korean, like bangsaneung for radiation and gan for liver.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2023
Datganiad o gefnogaeth gan yr Urdd i ffoaduriaid Wcráin.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2022
Then there’s the city’s signature dish, hot dry noodles, or re gan mian.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2020
Then the cousin laughed and they gan bei-ed.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 11, 2019
I read him most of chapter 1, up to the part where the young warrior Sohrab comes to his mother, Tahmineh, the princess of Samen- gan, and demands to know the identity of his father.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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While Mr. Rees is keen to dispel the myths ginned up by imperial writers, he doesn’t prevaricate when the evidence shows that their fears may not have been entirely unfounded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Spotify users who have been amused by these thrice-daily servings of word salad might be surprised — or, just as likely, not — to learn that the playlist names are ginned up by A.I.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
No drop of human drama hasn’t been ginned.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2023
It ginned up a disciplinary case against a driver who was a leading union activist and eventually fired her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
White suspected that Hale had ginned up the document while trying to obtain the insurance policy, and altered it after realizing that he had blundered on the date.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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It refers to ginning up the gene pool through tools like gene editing and A.I. enhancement, the argument being that manipulating genes can make us better, faster, smarter.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2026
The administration is ginning up more beef demand, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
“If you want to be able to keep ginning up Black Detroiters to vote, having some representation in the Congress is important.”
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024
The orchestra was just being factual in ginning up a little excitement at a climactic moment in the six-decade career of one of the most eminent figures in classical music.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
He had built up the ginning enterprise himself and overseen it through this seasonal spasm of mad activity for thirty years; he no longer had the slightest interest or obligation.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the region, with around 10 million firearms estimated to be in circulation -- roughly one for every seven inhabitants.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
He had a Florida driver’s license, gun registration and voter’s registration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the region, with around 10 million firearms estimated to be in circulation -- one for every seven inhabitants.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
While there are restrictions on gun licences in Thailand, people can still acquire the weapons - legally or illegally - with relative ease.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Luckily, the dinghy was attached to the submarine with a tow line, and they had a flare gun.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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