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So, on the one hand, it’s like they’re playing whack-a-mole with extremists without necessarily being willing to change the design of the social network that’s built to elevate extremism.
Yet the county still prohibits the sale of cannabis, meaning deputies are constantly engaged in a game of whack-a-mole with illegal shops.
Dems Want Control of the County – Here’s What They Say They’d Do With it | Jesse Marx | October 7, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoTelepath’s name policy is meant to make sure the content moderation team can fully focus on spotting abuse rather than playing whack-a-mole with burner accounts.
A new social-media platform wants to enforce “kindness.” Can that ever work? | Tanya Basu | October 7, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
A nicer environment could reset to normal the stress responses that had been thrown out of whack by early-life trauma, these studies showed.
Puberty may reboot the brain and behaviors | Esther Landhuis | August 27, 2020 | Science News For StudentsCFOs overwhelmingly think the valuation for stocks is out of whack, with 84% of respondents describing equities as overvalued.
Hurricane Laura and the Fed pack a one-two punch, pushing global stocks lower | Bernhard Warner | August 27, 2020 | FortuneSay the Democrats: When all else fails, whack them on Social Security.
But this new flavor of rhetorical flimflam is still pretty, well, whack.
What Did You Do in the Targeted Action, Daddy? | John McWhorter | September 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhy is he dialing down the humor and dialing up the moralizing, throwing his immaculate comedic balance out of whack?
Why I Fell in Love With ‘Louie’ Again, Artistic Pretensions and All | Andrew Romano | June 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTApple is working on an automatic alert system that rings a doctor if blood sugar or blood pressure gets out of whack.
Apple Health App Plays to Our Laziness—and It’s Brilliant | Gregory Ferenstein | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFirst, Herz argues, our ability to weigh risk is out of whack, because CrossFit is more like a sport than a Pilates class.
Queeker brought the handle of his riding-whip whack down on the flank of his astonished horse, and flew at the fence.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneWhen I'd read about a half a minute, he fetched the book a whack with his hand and knocked it across the house.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)No; I take en whack de bill in two, en give half un it to you, en de yuther half to de yuther woman.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)Then our trunks broke loose and went crashing back and forth at each other, whack, bang, with a vicious delight.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill StarrTim gave the monster a whack with his paddle, which made it quickly sink again.
In the Wilds of Florida | W.H.G. Kingston
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