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thicks

noun

plural of thick

as in midsts

the most intense or characteristic phase of something in the thick of winter many Northerners are dreaming of tropical islands

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House flies are about 1/4 inch long with four dark stripes down their middles.

— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
Point Loma’s middles dominated, with 6-foot-5 Trevor Rutt and 6-4 Waylon Lundeen taking advantage of the undersized Cardinals.

— Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026

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Unlike today’s earthquake in Colombia, Venezuela’s June quakes occurred on two different fault systems at depths of less than 15 miles (around 24 km).

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026
Like the original, the Ultra 2 has a 10ATM water rating, so it can be submerged to depths of 328 feet, compared with the Watch 9's 5ATM (128-foot) rating.

— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026

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Some have done so successfully, others have struggled to reach such heights.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
At the same time, the city is poised to relax heights cap at the beach, potentially allowing towers as high as 340 feet where the Hollywood Beach Resort now sits.

— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026

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