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Then, dunk the clothes in the water and allow the mixture to sit for 30 minutes to an hour or longer before tossing in the wash.
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2024
Pickles also often get creative culinary twists in the South: whether served alongside popcorn at the movie theatre, dunked in Kool-Aid, or deep-fried at State fairs.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
Rather than use large, noisy fans to air-cool equipment, the company will dunk its computers into tanks of nonconductive liquid.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Standing well over 7 feet tall, the prodigious 20-year-old is a generational talent who can dunk, block shots and shoot three-pointers.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
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Viewership for indies on streaming dipped from 30M in 2020 to just 18M by 2022.Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 Nov. 2024
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The fertility rate, or number of births expected per woman, in 2023 dipped for the seventh consecutive year, well below the minimum 2.1 considered necessary to replace a population.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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And while the historic appeal of caution is understandable, in this sort of storm, ducking and covering won’t make the winds subside any faster.Brian Lowry, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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One thing about the most elite women's 100-meter hurdlers worldwide is that they are known for not ducking each other during the competition.Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Each year brings new drinks that aim to immerse guests in the holiday spirit.Rachel King, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Their power often lies in transportation– the feeling of being transported to and fully immersed in an imagined world.Haoran Chu, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Dunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunk. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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