as in whipping
to defeat by a large margin the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans
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Recent Examples of dusting My parents run an aerial application or crop-dusting business. —
Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026 Regularly dusting your door frames can prevent buildup, and furniture polish can help keep grime away even longer. —Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026 Friends old and new chat unencumbered with sugar dusting their mouths. —Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026 The same way that dusting bronzer can make your complexion come alive, a lighter, brighter hair color can also give you an instant glow. —Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dusting
Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026 Regularly dusting your door frames can prevent buildup, and furniture polish can help keep grime away even longer. —Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026 Friends old and new chat unencumbered with sugar dusting their mouths. —Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026 The same way that dusting bronzer can make your complexion come alive, a lighter, brighter hair color can also give you an instant glow. —Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dusting
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Quié kept getting up, sitting down, calling out to people in the street, checking on the kitchen, and whipping out his phone to film promotional videos.— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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As Aubry points out, Cirie is out there whipping votes and changing almost everyone’s minds.— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
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As of now, Brooklyn doesn’t seem keen on burying the hatchet with his parents.— Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
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With dwindling places to put snow, burying them was their best choice.— Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
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Iran’s enrichment capabilities have been reduced by bombing this year and last.— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
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The center is named after bombing survivor Gillian Reny, who nearly lost a leg but was saved by first responders.— Neal Riley, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
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Oracle Park roared to life in the bottom of the fifth as San Francisco’s offense finally got to Alcantara, trimming the deficit to 8-3 as Drew Gilbert, Eric Haase and Luis Arraez all drove in a run apiece.— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
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Across TikTok, Instagram and group chats, young people are constantly editing themselves, trimming anything that might come off as try-hard, awkward or embarrassing.— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
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This would essentially be doubling down on flattening the odds, which was already tested in 2019 and empirically did not reduce tanking.— Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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Winners of previous Cap10Ks have often made their move on Veteran’s Drive, a downhill stretch that runs under MoPac before flattening out alongside Austin High School.— Brom Hoban, Austin American Statesman, 12 Apr. 2026
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Finally, in overcoming this vexing moment, the two would establish a painterly repartee that altered the trajectory of their own work and, by extension, modern art.— Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
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But overcoming perceptions that lithium-ion battery technology is inherently dangerous has proven challenging, and developers sometimes fuel mistrust by dismissing residents’ concerns about fire, toxic threats and the industrialization of natural landscapes.— Bloomberg, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
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Carr is a natural athlete who moves like a great shortstop, and his ability to find cleaner throwing air out of the pocket — and his ability to make throws from multiple arm slots — is special.— Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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Shota Imanaga isn’t known for throwing his sweeper much.— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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The event will celebrate its 25th year on the polo fields in Indio, this time with Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G topping the lineup.— Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
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Plus, the chocolate ganache topping has just a touch of fresh mint flavor.— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Dusting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/dusting. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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