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Adverb
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Current boyfriend Oli Green is up to snuff in a regulation dark City-of-London/Wall-Street let’s-argue-about-the-tariffs suit, but the suit has got a hellish job of work boosting Green even so much as a few months older than his 28 years.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025 -
But there were dissidents within the meeting even so.—
Eva Amsen,
JSTOR Daily,
11 June 2025
Adverb
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The President, however, later denied using the word.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
15 July 2025
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Even if there’s nothing to fear about this new database, however, good results in science depend on trust.—
Caren Zucker,
The Atlantic,
6 July 2025
Adverb
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However, the cause is still being investigated. 45 engines, 17 water tenders, three helicopters, six dozers and 16 hand crews will continue to battle the fire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
20 July 2025
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Even at 33 years old, Schwarber is still hitting at an elite level for the Phillies.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 July 2025
Adverb
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The crowd was smaller than usual that morning, though.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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His first bucket, though, was a thunderous slam on a coast-to-coast.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
Adverb
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Challenged by armed gangs in southern Gaza and a population that has expressed open anger at Hamas, the militant group has nevertheless found a way to continue the fight, exacting a deadly price with each passing week that goes by without a ceasefire.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
12 July 2025
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My mother spoke of my grandmother’s sober beauty, plain and simple but nevertheless an inspiration to my grandfather.—
Jhumpa Lahiri,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
Adverb
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Yet the Trump Doctrine nonetheless suffers from three big problems.—
Hal Brands,
Twin Cities,
13 July 2025
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Trump's business assets are held by the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, which is controlled by his son, Donald Trump Jr., but government watchdog groups have nonetheless expressed concern about how Trump may be using his position as president to generate personal profits.—
Kelsey Walsh,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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“Per contra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/per%20contra. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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