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lash

[lash] / læʃ /




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Characters forced to make do either lash out, like raging overreactors on Lee Sung Jin’s petty, brutal “Beef,” or fall into holding patterns, like the unlucky in love leads of Issa Rae’s dramedy “Insecure.”

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

Safe adhesives, like lash glue, will keep it in place.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

The crews use mooring ropes to lash the ships as close as 11 feet from each other so that they roll in the waves together.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

When storms lash Nuuk, a Danish navy frigate can sometimes be seen as well.

From Barron's Mar. 3, 2026

His words bit like the lash of a whip.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

Entire communities have been swept away, leaving families homeless and using makeshift shelters as heavy rain lashes down.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

She makes videos “questioning” the existence of dinosaurs and then lashes out at the people who inevitably make fun of her for this.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

The solid, stolid, self-satisfied Edwardian England that had seemed so deserving of his lashes was itself now wounded, and something in Galsworthy shifted accordingly.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

The camera often seems to be right under his chin, gazing as the sweat on his cheeks and lashes shimmers under the Vegas lights like diamonds.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2026

So I did, and after a while I felt better, the tears left my eyes and dried on my lashes.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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