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vamps 1 of 2

noun

plural of vamp

as in charmers

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as in coquettes

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vamps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of vamp

as in ribs

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Noun

Why so many charmers, devious or otherwise?

— Anna Russell, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The filmmaker’s passion for foolhardy underdogs and train-wreck charmers electrifies this tale of a postwar striver (an unbelievable Timothée Chalamet) trying to make his name in table tennis.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2025

Definition of charmers

Noun

The hole’s narrow fairway flirts with disaster on both sides – water and super high rough.

— Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
One flirts and drinks and dallies and dances; the other is part child, part monk, his mantel packed with icons and crucifixes, his inner landscape a kind of mental Sagrada Família — a weird and extraordinary edifice constructed around the rigors and promises of Christianity.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026

Definition of flirts

Verb

What everyday skills should kids practice before the first week of school?

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026
Running under the surface of the film is the anxiety that kids his age are lucky to secure any job, even one as low-paying and exploitative as Erika’s studio assistant.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of kids

Noun

Ranging from the sound of emergency sirens and birds screeching to low grunts and guttural hoots, their vocalizations reverberate from a sanctuary in the hot, dry hills of the Santa Clarita Valley, north of Los Angeles.

— Jaimie Ding, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Smog, sweat, subway delays and sirens create a famous combo of discomfort that many try to avoid.

— Sidney Madden, VIBE.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of sirens

Verb

The trailer also teases additional confrontation between Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt, the latter of whom is leaving the series after Season 5.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Trump teases Karoline Leavitt replacement Why is Karoline Leavitt leaving the White House?

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

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