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gin

[jin] / dʒɪn /




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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

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

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

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

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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