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pass

[pas] / pæs /


NOUN
sexual proposition
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"Cops didn't share letter" writes the Sunday Mirror, explaining the Met "did not pass on allegations about Meghan's dad to other police forces".

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

“I knew they were in desperation mode and needed to pass the ball,” Tuverson said after the win.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

AI models can adopt unique personalities, hold memories of past conversations and imitate language accurately enough to pass for a human.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

Kelleher's kicking game was precise, with a kick and chase chucked in for good measure, and her timing of pass helped her team-mates punch holes in their opponents.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

We pass the student center, the library, and the English department building, where both my parents’ offices are.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

The Brazilian changed the face of English football with his footwork, spraying short and long passes across the pitch, and there are few keepers who can come close to matching that.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

He finished the night completing 17 for 19 passes for 172 yards, doing enough to manage a low scoring contest and help his team not turn the ball over for the seventh game running.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Toward the end of his life, when asked by his fellow painter Henri Matisse why he still painted when his hands were so crippled by arthritis, Renoir said, “the pain passes, but the beauty remains.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

More than 350 passes in the opening half and one attempt on target.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Some had been released months ago: their discharge papers and railway passes were ragged from opening and refolding.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

She worried about the route that authorities had mandated for the demonstration in Paris, pointing out that parts of it were "extremely narrow" and that it passed by a gas station.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

In Paris, authorities have banned a yellow vest march that would have passed through Place de la République and some of the capital’s main shopping boulevards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

If passed, the state would issue revenue bonds, selling them to investors and using that money to issue loans to homebuyers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

"This was passed to me by my nan, she swore by it," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The badger set down the teacups and toddled out the door, glaring at Clare as she passed, then disappeared into the shimmering blue beyond.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

After passing Taiwan's north-eastern tip and the Okinawa islands in southern Japan, Champi is expected to hover over the waters off China's eastern coast, before curving farther to the north-east to Japan's main island.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

By doing so, you are, whether you realize it or not, also passing judgment on her marriage of 18 years to a man she probably loved very much.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

“It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and best friend,” a statement from Anderson’s family read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Corporate America is getting hit by healthcare sticker shock—and companies are passing a greater share of the cost on to workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

A kid in my Hawaiian language class is hoping for a passing grade on our latest quiz.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila


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