describe
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“And there’s not another way to fully really describe it. But you can just tell, ‘All right, this dude is ready to go.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
He goes on to describe Shakur diving toward the BMW’s back seat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
The maps may look different, yet both can describe the same underlying terrain.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
One phrase being used by Burnham's inner circle to describe his approach to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and other opposition MPs is "problem solving, not point scoring".
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Instead, she was...He didn’t even know how to describe it.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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MapQuest — a navigation app that describes itself as the “OG of online mapping” — shot up to the top of Apple’s charts for free apps as more people downloaded it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
“A light-filled sunroom provides the perfect space to relax, work, or enjoy views of the beautifully landscaped grounds year-round,” the listing describes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
She describes how she reacted when she saw someone she recognised from the Olympic team.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The disclosure, released Tuesday by Democratic US Senator Richard Blumenthal, describes the project as "secretive, rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed" and warns that insufficient testing could lead to "catastrophic failure."
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
It is a “cross-section of the all the world’s races and nationalities,” as patient Stanley Stein describes it.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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After GoPro went public, Nicholas Woodman, its founder and CEO, described the company as a global brand with room to expand.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The letter also questioned what commissioners described as the fence’s “apparent permanency” and said the proposed height ranged from 8 to 11 feet in different sections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
After the van driver alerted police to the device in his van, the centre was evacuated in what was later described as a hoax bomb alert.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
A study published in Palaeontology used modern analytical methods and comparisons with more recently described fossil species to determine that Praearcturus was a scorpion and represented a distinct species.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
Before this moment, he would not have described this eye as blind, strictly speaking, because he had no eyeball to even lack sight.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The listing makes note of the home’s many privacy features, describing it as a “private oasis” tucked behind “mature hedges and a private gate.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The charm quark discovery helped build the framework that became the Standard Model, the broad theory describing elementary particles and fundamental forces, while also expanding the known spectrum of possible hadronic structures.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
The book powerfully constricts as it nears the final appointment, describing a terrible itinerary of last things—David’s last meal, his last change of clothing, his last bit of paperwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The BBC's review highlighted quieter songs like Imperfect For You, describing them as "delicate and gorgeous and strangely intimate in a room of 20,000 people".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
But a note describing their plot was dropped on the ground, and Washington found it.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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