Thesaurus / stroke
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Indeed, scientists have linked khat consumption to increased risk of strokes and heart diseases.
HOW THE PANDEMIC IS SAVING LIVES IN THE HORN OF AFRICAEROMO EGBEJULESEPTEMBER 3, 2020OZYHowever, you can bring them back to sharpness with just a few strokes along a sharpening stone.
THREE QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF BEFORE BUYING A KNIFEWES SILERSEPTEMBER 3, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINESo they adopted its broad strokes—including its limits on data collection and its requirements on data storage and data deletion—and then loosened some of its language.
INSIDE CHINA’S UNEXPECTED QUEST TO PROTECT DATA PRIVACYTATE RYAN-MOSLEYAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWBy itself, such a lopsided stroke would lead to swimming in circles.
HUMAN SPERM DON’T SWIM THE WAY THAT ANYONE HAD THOUGHTJACK J. LEEJULY 31, 2020SCIENCE NEWSInstead of swimming straight by twirling their tails like propellers, human sperm flick their tails lopsidedly and roll to balance out the off-center strokes.
HUMAN SPERM DON’T SWIM THE WAY THAT ANYONE HAD THOUGHTJACK J. LEEJULY 31, 2020SCIENCE NEWSI hope the French Government will recognize this dashing stroke of d'Amade's by something more solid than a thank you.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONShe did shout for joy, as with a sweeping stroke or two she lifted her body to the surface of the water.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINHer pulse was beneath his fingers, and with every stroke of it he felt more keenly the mystery and cruelty of life.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSThey were afraid that it was too small; they then put another of 14 inches by the side of the first, the same stroke.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKAt Wheal Alfred they have a 64-inch cylinder; the air-pump is 20 inches, and the stroke is half that of the engine.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKSYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO STROKE
- apple polish
- argue into
- banter
- beguile
- blandish
- bootlick
- brownnose
- build up
- butter up
- con
- crowd
- deceive
- decoy
- delude
- dupe
- entice
- entrap
- get around
- get next to
- hand a line
- induce
- influence
- inveigle
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- lure
- make up to
- maneuver
- massage
- mislead
- oil
- play up to
- push
- rub the right way
- seduce
- snow
- soap
- soft-soap
- soften
- spread it on
- stroke
- suck up to
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- tantalize
- tempt
- urge
- wheedle
- work on
- work over
- apple polish
- arguing into
- bantering
- beguiling
- blandishing
- bootlicking
- brownnosing
- building up
- buttering up
- conning
- crowding
- deceiving
- decoying
- deluding
- duping
- enticing
- entrapping
- getting around
- getting next to
- handing a line
- inducing
- influencing
- inveigling
- jollying
- luring
- lying it on thick
- making up to
- maneuvering
- massaging
- misleading
- oiling
- playing up to
- pushing
- rubbing the right way
- seducing
- snowing
- soaping
- soft-soaping
- softening
- spreading it on
- stroking
- sucking up to
- sweet-talking
- sweetening up
- tantalizing
- tempting
- urging
- wheedling
- working on
- working over
- allayed
- alleviated
- appeased
- assuaged
- balmed
- becalmed
- composed
- cool it
- cooled
- cooled out
- hushed
- lay back
- lulled
- mitigated
- mollified
- pacified
- placated
- quieted
- quietened
- relaxed
- relieved
- sedated
- settled
- simmered down
- soft-pedaled
- soothed
- steadied
- stilled
- stroked
- took it easy
- took the edge off
- tranquilized
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