curdles

verb

present tense third-person singular of curdle
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as in sours

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as in clumps

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  1. sours
  2. clumps
  3. condenses
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  • Hand someone an agent that is not wired to the right sources and the output will be poor, which sours both users and the team leads who support them.
    — Jason Andersen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • After a betrayal drives them apart and sours their relationship, the best friends become estranged from each other.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Definition of sours
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  • Dividing clumps every few years in early spring also maintains their vigor.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026
  • Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
    — Allison DeAngelis, STAT, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of clumps
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  • Instead, several particles stick together and form larger clusters before sulfuric acid condenses around them.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The film’s final scene condenses a great deal of meaning into a single moment.
    — JD Linville, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of condenses
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