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ticks

noun

plural of tick

as in seconds

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Recent Examples of ticks How to keep disease-carrying ticks at bay The best way to avoid ticks and tick bites is to be vigilant in your surroundings, Foley said, noting that ticks can transmit other diseases such as Lyme disease. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026 Botts says some people like to remove or dispose of ticks with nail polish, fire and Vaseline — but there is a simple and effective method recommended for tick removal. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026 Grow Scented Plants Groundcover plants can provide a sheltering spot for ticks and may not be the best choice for tick-prone areas. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2026 Checking yourself and your pets for ticks every hour or so when in tick territory is also a good idea. — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 4 June 2026 The ticks were then tested for five human disease-causing pathogens including anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Lyme disease, hard tick relapsing fever and Powassan virus. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026 Rich says the region is growing in both the number of ticks and tick species. — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026 Of the ticks collected, about 3,500, or more than 65%, are the American dog (wood) tick. — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025 This would either be an acaricide — a pesticide that kills ticks and mites, and is found in many pet flea collars and tick medications — or a vaccine that would make the deer more resistant to Lyme disease over time. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025

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Noun

With 33 seconds left in Round 9, Itauma’s trainer Ben Davison threw in the towel, leaving Hrgović to celebrate making history.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Minutes later the finalists will fight to stay on the back of 2,000-pound animals with names like Man Hater and Buck Nasty for eight excruciating seconds, and then dodge the bull's hooves and horns when they're tossed to the ground.

— Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of seconds

Noun

In the second quarter, the Dream’s first basket didn’t come until a little over three minutes into the period.

— Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Just 10 minutes from Lagos and 15 minutes from Portimão, Palmares strikes an ideal balance between accessibility and seclusion.

— Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of minutes

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Fly’s brand of rap, defined by spare, steely 808 beats and club shoutouts, was wildly popular, spawning nearly 50 mixtape volumes and many more songs since.

— Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026
One of those beats came from a session Dilla and D’Angelo did about 20 years ago that never materialized into a proper project.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of beats

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Bunches from the two beams will collide every 10 nanoseconds in ePIC (the Electron-Proton/Ion Collider Detector), a house-sized system that will record the aftermath of these collisions.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Such as approach had its own speed limits – at the slowest, nanoseconds (billionths) and at the fastest, picoseconds (trillionths).

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of nanoseconds

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Simpson was diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, a rare heart condition that can cause irregular heartbeats and sudden cardiac death in seemingly healthy individuals, per John Hopkins Medicine.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
Everything in the body runs in vibratory cycles from heartbeats to brainwaves to sleep-wake cycles.

— Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of heartbeats

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It’s presented without winks or nudges, neither as a joke nor necessarily foolish.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
The new Scary Movie, from writer-stars Marlon and Shawn Wayans and director Michael Tiddes, opens with knowing winks to the 2000 original film, which featured Electra in a scene inspired by Drew Barrymore's opening scene in Scream.

— Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026

Definition of winks

Noun

Grocery aisles are stacked with bars, shakes and powders that promise to fix your diet in one scoop.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
Now whey protein is collected during the cheese-making process and lines grocery store aisles in the form of protein powders, shakes and bars.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of shakes

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There’s also been lots of moments to dress up for too, with megawatt tours from Harry Styles, Ariana Grande, and Zara Larsson; maximalist pop stars with fans eager to follow their lead in sequins and ties, hibiscus flowers in hair.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
In its bleakest moments, the novel suggests that the ordeal of being gay in a venomously bigoted society negates its bounty.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

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