lash
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In an era in which everyone howls about everything, and ranting in public is considered negotiation, head coach Lance Taylor refused to lash out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Characters forced to make do either lash out, like raging overreactors on Lee Sung Jin’s petty, brutal “Beef,” or fall into holding patterns, like the unlucky in love leads of Issa Rae’s dramedy “Insecure.”
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
It’s the latest effect forecast for what’s expected to be an historically strong event, one forecasters warn could also lash Southern California with powerful rain and broil both land and sea with punishing heat waves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
He says Oliver would often become overwhelmed and "lash out" when hairdressers tried to cut his hair.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
“I could lash it to the back, and you could transport Otto inside.”
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
Entire communities have been swept away, leaving families homeless and using makeshift shelters as heavy rain lashes down.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Then she curls her lashes and applies mascara and lip gloss.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
The paranoid chart-topper lashes out at his close associates and rivals alike.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
The solid, stolid, self-satisfied Edwardian England that had seemed so deserving of his lashes was itself now wounded, and something in Galsworthy shifted accordingly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Miss Love did what she was told, turning her head towards the window as her black lashes brushed her freckled cheeks.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Vocabulary lists containing lash
"Ain't I a Woman?"
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Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 5
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Vocabulary from Readings 5, Unit 5
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