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pan

noun as in container for cooking food

verb as in look, search for over a wide area

verb as in criticize strongly

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Stainless steel or ceramic pans "are far safer", she said.

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But the scheme was panned as an expensive and ill-attended form of holiday camp, and was dropped earlier this year.

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Under the same 50% payout scenario, the dividend could rise to $30 a share in the coming years if management’s outlook for free cash flow pans out.

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You can roast the pancetta on the same pan with the sprouts.

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It quoted a Malian official as saying that Wagner operatives were "worse than the French. They think my men are more stupid than them. We have gone from the frying pan to the fire."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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