fledgling
fledgling
/ˈfɫɛdʒɫɪŋ/
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This is a fledgling democratic state.
Help that fledgling show.
Well you did give me a new fledgling to deal with.
cunning
cunning
/ˈkənɪŋ/
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The cunning witch nursed Väinämöinen back to health but demanded a reward for returning him home.
Since night owls could protect their tribes from nocturnal predators, or their cities from cunning conquerors.
And two new papers published this week showed just how manipulative and cunning they can be.
booming
booming
/ˈbumɪŋ/
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Thanks to the booming economy and low gas prices, Hummer's sales took off, especially in Hollywood.
Factor in the 15,000 other organs transplanted each year, and you've got yourself a booming business.
Investors are itching for a way to make money off of the booming trend.

yielding
yielding
/ˈjiɫdɪŋ/
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harrowing
harrowing
/ˈhɛɹoʊɪŋ/
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But intuition pumps are persuaders to use in those harrowing circumstances.
"That are harrowing and tearing our vitals.
It was a harrowing effort.

heartrending
heartrending
/hˈɑːɹtɹɛndɪŋ/
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sterling
sterling
/ˈstɝɫɪŋ/
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It's that the Land Rover brand name does not have a sterling reputation for reliability.
This is the Bib necklace in sterling silver.
The winners will actually receive a gold medal made almost entirely of sterling silver.
painstaking
painstaking
/ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/
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The costumes were created with painstaking detail by Spectral Motion specifically to be on camera.
It's a painstaking process.
It was painstaking work, but she did it in Pierre’s honor.
rugged
rugged
/ˈɹəɡəd/
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If Toyota strips it down and returns it to its rugged roots.
And the whole west as “a place of rugged individualism and independence” turns out to be an oversimplification.
Theirs was a rugged existence, for they not only had to settle and build, they had to fight.
demented
demented
/dɪˈmɛntɪd/
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They have a demented dream of taking down President Trump.
This was a sickening plan, but it made a kind of demented sense.
They need someone to expel the literal devil from their demented guinea pig.
elated
elated
/ɪˈɫeɪtəd/, /ɪˈɫeɪtɪd/
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We were just elated at the courthouse.
I was elated.
I'm just elated that Grandma is here.
pied
pied
/ˈpaɪd/
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Wow you're wearing the pied piper jackets.
So I used to have not just two pieces of pied project, I had four pieces.
Even getting cats would have cost more!And so the pied piper went away, a very angry young man.
gnarled
gnarled
/ˈnɑɹɫd/
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They directed him further into town, where he came across another set of villagers contemplating a gnarled tree.
Really good, my favorite part of these shoes is that they hide my gnarled witch's toes.
In his gnarled hand he held a flask containing the cure for all human ailments.
impassioned
impassioned
/ˌɪmˈpæʃənd/
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He adopted an honorific doctor title and started giving impassioned speeches on the steps of the University of Chicago.
That led to an impassioned plea from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.
Warnock delivered an impassioned speech.
veiled
veiled
/ˈveɪɫd/
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The language was a veiled offer to the Confederacy for compromise.
speckled
speckled
/ˈspɛkəɫd/
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The clay is called speckled buff clay.

serrated
serrated
/ˈsɛˌɹeɪtɪd/
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concerted
concerted
/kənˈsɝtəd/, /kənˈsɝtɪd/
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Unions have been under a concerted attack from businesses and even from within government.
According to a de-classified CIA report these activities were a concerted effort of the Qom mullahs.
Rather than a concerted effort to reach the summit, this expedition was more of an exploratory probe.

brindled
brindled
/bɹˈɪndəld/
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