elaborate
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Despite experts warning that trying to save the creature would only cause it more pain, two multi-millionaires then jumped in with an elaborate rescue plan involving inflatable cushions and pontoons.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Instead, they're driving cars onto the campsite and creating an elaborate tent behind the car - with full-size beds, dressing rooms and even their own showers.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
American mahjong, nationalized by Jewish women, adds eight jokers, an elaborate tile-trading process called “the Charleston” and a dizzying card that changes annually and lists 70-odd winning lines—which can produce more than 1,000 combinations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Ginsberg’s statement did not elaborate on the “new questions.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
She shows me a wide range of photos of rooms ranging from fancy to simple, elaborate to plain, ugly to beautiful.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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