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monkey

noun as in primate

verb as in fiddle, tamper with

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Aficionados will delight in minor details such as being close enough to touch the ghoulish monkey music box from the original, and being within breathing distance of the performers in these famous roles.

Sometimes it uses AI-generated robots or even monkeys to spread its message.

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They had previously been characterized as entirely herbivorous, like gorillas, Goodall observed them hunting, killing and eating small mammals such as bush pigs and colobus monkeys, by any standard a complicated collaborative enterprise.

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Over a slightly blurry video call, I could see her toy monkey, Mr H, behind her.

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The technical: savory monkey bread — buttery dough balls baked together in a Bundt, meant to be pulled apart and shared.

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

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