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tap

noun as in faucet

Strongest matches

Weak match

verb as in hit lightly

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has tapped into these anxieties, blaming chemicals, food additives and medications for increasing rates of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, anxiety and gender dysphoria.

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He agreed to the deal not with a handshake, but with a few words tapped out and fired into cyberspace.

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Even when Sinner tapped into his normally impenetrable return game, Alcaraz found more variety, mixing in feathery drop shots and flicking balls off his shoelaces.

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After one bumbling year coached by Jerod Mayo, New England tapped Mike Vrabel to lead the team—and Sunday night’s win over the Bills marked the franchise’s biggest triumph in years.

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“The middle class is tapped out,” said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union.

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

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