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molt

verb as in shed

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Which pollutants stick, and which ones molt away?

Yes, a man captured the way independent women prize their freedom more than having to deal with a man that’s always there “molting,” as Lois puts it.

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Versatile and resilient, the lobster survives by molting, shedding its skin and growing into a new, bigger shell.

After years underground, periodical cicadas — insects of the genus Magicicada — are emerging by the trillions across more than a dozen states to molt, sing, court and mate.

Mr. Rave says that after the eggs hatch, many of the mothers go off to molt.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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