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spruced

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past tense of spruce

as in tricked

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An impersonator may have tricked a Las Vegas nightclub last year, but those at the park Tuesday appeared convinced of their brush with Bieber.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Because you can get tricked very quickly into thinking that acting is all about me.

— David Katz, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

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Although the food situation has improved since last year’s famine, Israel continues to restrict humanitarian aid, allowing only a fraction of the daily 600 truckloads required in the cease-fire deal to enter the territory.

— KHALED ELGINDY, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
OpenAI also did not include full prompts or run-time details for how their agents uncovered the proofs, and officials admitted in a blog post about the results that citations and written descriptions of findings could be improved in future releases.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

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Meanwhile, Lou celebrated her fashion week milestone in a light pink acid wash denim minidress, which featured a structured peplum bodice embellished with buttons running down the front.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 3 Oct. 2026
The venerated Oscar-winning, 88-year-old actress and activist wore a long-sleeve maxidress with twisted fabric at the base of the neckline and allover sparkle embellished into the fabric.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

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This meant the next generations of stars, POP II and POP I, stars were progressively more metal-enriched.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
An operating commercial nuclear reactor in the United States is set to receive the world’s first fuel reload enriched beyond long-standing industry limits.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

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Some of them will be only ameliorated or policed; others might be unsolvable in principle.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
According to the European Commission, the duty-free de minimis exemption was introduced in order to alleviate administrative burdens for customs authorities and businesses, but the digitalization of customs procedures has ameliorated that issue.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 23 June 2026

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