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Bolster

1. a long thick pillow that is often placed under other pillows 2. to support; prop up; to strengthen

EUCUP

@eucup.bsky.social

Leeds United salute promotion winner Josuha Guilavogui as he announces retirement

https://https://www.eucup.com/1651841/

According to yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk, the France-capped midfielder joined on a free in October 2024 to bolster midfield options during the promotion push. He made 18 appearances, …

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Ingratiate

to try and win favor by flattering someone or trying to please them (perhaps even giving a gift).

ElRoi

@elroi1.bsky.social

Fist Hitler's slush fund for the SS idea regurgitated to ingratiate his treasonous cult minions and billionaire buddies and now this Nazi shit. Hopefully he will meet his end in the same way his idol did in his billion dollar so-called ballroom/bunker. wendy664.substack.com/p/ice-is-qui...

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Larceny

to steal; the wrongful taking and carrying away of personal goods belonging to someone else; burglary

Hornbread 🐻 ⚾️ 🌭

@hornbread.bsky.social

I love when a broadcast team says a baserunner "has larceny in his heart" in wanting to steal a base

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Pathogenic

causing disease or capable of producing disease

Mieke Roth's paperbot

@miekes-phd-papers.bsky.social

Two compound heterozygous MEIOSIN (likely) pathogenic variants cause female infertility with premature ovarian insufficiency through the disruption of meiosis-related gene transcription

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42177587/

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Lethargic

tired; drowsy; sluggish; slow; lacking energy or enthusiasm; lifelessness; listlessness

The Liverpool Offside

@liverpooloffside.bsky.social

I'm not shocked we're lethargic here (other than Mo clearly giving a shit) because Arne Slot's modus operandi is lethargy but I'm surprised it appears Brentford also don't give a shit.

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Palatial

resembling a palace or looking like a palace; luxurious; deluxe; grand; opulent; regal

Bob

@1867oh-can.bsky.social

Bezos also didn’t like that Zohran Mamdani made that video where he stood in front of the palatial $238 million penthouse owned by hedge fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin and promised to tax the rich, like he promised.
https://www.wonkette.com/p/jeff-bezos-says-taxing-him-more-wont?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Knell

1. the sound of a bell ringing slowly (usually associated with death) 2. a sound or sign announcing a death of a person or the end or failure of something

Scott Horton

@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Dan Froomkin, Charles Kaiser and I discusses the SCOTUS decision authored by Justice Samuel Alito that essentially administered a death knell to what had survived from the Voting Rights Act, and how legacy media bungled coverage of what ensued.

www.horton-kaiser.com/p/listen-the...

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Obstinate

to be stubborn; refusing to change one's opinion, idea or course of action

@jimrissmiller.bsky.social

Trump administration devises a ridiculous policy that prevents visitors with visas from applying for a green card while inside the US. They want to only accept applications that are submitted from outside the US. A transparent attempt to be obstinate fools.

www.ms.now/news/trump-a...

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