greek

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Recent Examples of greek Neil Young returned to the stage on Saturday night (April 26) for a special cause, delivering a rare live performance at the Autism Speaks Light Up The Blues 7 concert at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre. Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 28 Apr. 2025 The players involved in those incidents have come from a wide range of backgrounds: Argentine, Colombian, German, American, Greek, Jamaican, Spanish, Nigerian, Honduran and Italian among them. Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025 Neil Young and Stephen Stills joined forces Saturday night for the semi-annual Light Up the Blues charity show at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025 This was followed by a blessing from Eastern rite Catholic churches, chanted in Greek by patriarchs and priests. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025 Over the course of the millennium, the peninsula was part of the Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires, it was invaded by Mongols and fought over by Venice and Genoa. Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025 The two got married in a Greek Orthodox ceremony in 2001. Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025 And on Tuesday, the Greek yogurt maker broke ground on a $1.2 billion dairy-processing plant in Rome, New York, which is also near Syracuse and a 46-mile drive from Clay. Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 24 Apr. 2025 Kirkland Signature Organic Greek Nonfat Yogurt Chobani, Fage, and Oikos have met their match with Costco’s take on ultra-decadent Greek yogurt. Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for greek
Noun
  • That's essentially what predictive AI does, minus the mystical hocus-pocus.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • So the hocus-pocus of GPT halting on my name is a rare but conspicuous leaf on a much larger tree of model control.
    Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Mexico’s Riviera Maya News agency said a 40-year-old man died in the city of Zacatecas’ First Balloon Festival on Sunday morning when a hot air balloon preparing to carry three passengers broke free of its tether and began to rise.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
  • There's even a whole to-do with Jon Hamm checking in from — wait for it — the inside of a hot air balloon!
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Driving the news: The statement was published only in English on the Facebook page of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office — potentially another case of double-talk by Netanyahu.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The GOP Senate candidate in Arizona, whose brand is a combative, never-back-down MAGA politics, has adopted a position on the issue that is nearly indistinguishable from that of double-talking Democrats.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Rather than directly discounting the TV by £200, Samsung is likely hoping that some people will be put off by the rigmarole of going through the claims process.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • The bust was followed by months of prolonged legal rigmarole.
    John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The brand’s monkey business button-up collared shirt was worn by Blackpink’s Lisa in one of the opening scenes of the premiere episode.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 19 Feb. 2025
  • No side bets with them or other monkey business!
    Brady Dale, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The world’s largest automaker said the 2026 Toyota RAV4 only will be offered as a hybrid or plug-in hybrid, eliminating a traditional gas engine in the vehicle for the first time.
    Michael Wayland, CNBC, 21 May 2025
  • The formula is powered by the digestive enzyme bromelain and paired with five herbs (ginger root, lemon balm, dandelion root, peppermint, and slippery elm) designed to improve digestion, prevent gas, and alleviate discomfort in just an hour.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Hop on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina, which winds through forested valleys and across the Nantahala Gorge, or ride the Tennessee Valley Railroad in Chattanooga, where restored locomotives follow historic routes—some even offering dinner and live jazz onboard.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
  • Al Foster, the jazz drummer who played in bands led by Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, among others, has died.
    Walden Green, Pitchfork, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Another aspect to note is that the AI didn’t ridicule me or otherwise play any tomfoolery about my need for assistance.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • Would that all life could be filled with such tomfoolery.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025

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