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[vurs] / vɜrs /


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"I looked up at the end of the verse and I clearly wasn't dead," he later told Mojo magazine.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

But he said he came to understand more deeply the meaning of the Bible verse: "There is no fear in love."

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

How else can you explain a verse that is 90% throat-clearing and preemptive dodges of the backlash he knows is coming?

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

My favorite part of songwriting is working on the second verse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

“By the second verse her face was red as the songbook,” Miss Effie Belle said proudly.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

It describes Naladiyar as a Tamil poet and philosopher, although Naladiyar is a classical Tamil work consisting of 400 four-line verses on morality and ethics.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

“We got a million of these,” he said after doling out a few verses of “On to the Next One” — not bragging so much as explaining.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The set starts reasonably well with the title track, a bouncy synthetic confection with chanted verses that recalls hits from Kesha.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

"So I was personally yearning for hooks and verses that are as powerful as choruses. Like an Elton John song where the melody just breaks your heart."

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Sometimes he would peek into the classroom where she was studying and he would just watch her studying as she pored over the verses from the Quran, her glasses sliding down her nose.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Duncan Wambugu, who is also a music professor well versed in copyright policy, was stunned by the dispute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Ukraine's success in drone warfare has attracted the attention of rich Gulf states that have been targeted with the same types of Iranian-designed drones that Ukraine is now well versed in countering.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

Despite his lack of governance know-how, Pratt is versed in the art of spectacle.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

Seniors are targeted by scammers, if only because they’re more likely to be at home if they’re retired and perhaps are not as well versed in technology as younger generations.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026

Not fully versed on the workings of the reactor, he was concerned that the seawater could lead to another explosion.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Many former assistants have risen in the Hollywood ranks, and credit Scott Rudin Productions with versing them in the ways of the industry.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2021

Deadpool 2 doesn’t have as many characters as Infinity War, but full enjoyment of it is even more conditional on a thorough versing in the source material.

From Slate ● May 17, 2018

Nixon himself held no illusions about re versing the 1960 decision,* planned to remain above the rumblings about crooked counts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fighting, writing, digging, rigging, Hiving, wiving, nursing, versing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whoever’s versing him right now is a brave soul.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles


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