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touch

[tuhch] / tʌtʃ /








VERB
make mention
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Playing opposite Ian McKellen as Xavier’s old friend turned rival Magneto, Stewart brought a touch of Shakespearean gravitas to the fledgling franchise, returning to the role for seven more films over the next 22 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

A party for regular people, normal people, “the little guy”—one that stays in touch with them and knows what’s going on in their neighborhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The big picture is an economy that, going forward, has “sort of a touch of malaise,” said Jason Furman, an economics professor at Harvard who was chief economic adviser to President Barack Obama.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Correct hand placement for CPR on a person with breasts may mean that your hands may touch some of the breast.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

‘Don’t touch the Nanuak with your bare hands.’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Given that the contest switches abruptly from touch to tackle in midstream, does it illustrate how war’s brutality touches everything?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

He had 12 touches in the opposition box, completed seven out of eight dribbles, and registered two crucial assists.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

"I wasn't interested in being involved with that," said Shawn Smith, 52, a technician who puts finishing touches on heavy trucks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Look for new suites with plush padding, longer lie-flat beds and nifty touches like a hook for your glasses, plus a revamped food and alcohol menu.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

She touches the hovering wine again, pushing it toward the tree she stands beside.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

"It ends up in facilities like ours where it will be touched by people and that's inherently unsafe."

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The department defines an incident as “any documented case where a shark approached and touched a person in the water, or touched a person’s surfboard, kayak, paddleboard, etc.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The AI lab that touched off the boom almost four years ago is vying for its own IPO next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The meeting touched off a month of around-the-clock calls and video conferences.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

By this time, Rowdy was right on that swamp rabbit’s tail, bawling every time his feet touched the ground.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

He may not single-handedly solve homicides in America, but today it seems he’s accomplished his more modest goal of touching at least one Angeleno with his words.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

While the material is lighter here, his work is no less touching, posing questions about differences within a relationship that go beyond the obvious, surface-level titular joke.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

That caused the 20-day rolling correlation between oil prices and Treasury yields to take a sharp turn lower, touching its lowest level since late 2024, according to an analysis from Dow Jones Market Data.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

It throws in a touching consolation at the ending, too, so it isn’t only bad vibes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

They flew in a tight knot, their wings almost touching, and their speed was staggering.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell


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