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Historic writer's desk could be 'knackered' old fake
BBC via AOL· 1 day agoExcept, in a strange twist, its owner is now uncertain whether it really is the desk of the famous 18th Century dictionary author. It's been suggested...
Rachel Riley reacts to Susie's big announcement away from Countdown after 'rift'
Daily Express· 2 days agoThe 59-year-old has been a resident expert in the Dictionary Corner on the afternoon Channel 4 show...
Bumping against the law: Supreme Court’s bump stock ruling misses the point
New York Daily News· 2 hours agoThe ruling penned by Justice Clarence Thomas tortured the dictionary in differentiating shots fired...
IOC gives France Olympic medal awarded to Great Britain in 1900 – 124 years later
CNN via Yahoo Sports· 1 hour agoFrance has scored a belated surprise Olympic victory against Great Britain – 124 years later than...
Rory McIlroy’s horrific collapse hands US Open title to Bryson DeChambeau
The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports· 10 hours agoDeChambeau cannot contain his joy after he completes a brilliant up-and-down to win the US Open -...
Opinion | The Supreme Court’s bump stock ruling values dictionaries over human lives
Washington Post· 3 days agoConservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court have decided that more Americans must die in mass shootings...
Dictionary brings dying Beijing slang back to life
Mountain View Telegraph· 3 days agoThe New Beijing Dialect Dictionary, which includes 10,200 entries, is the first of its kind published since Xu Shirong's Beijing Local Dialect Dictionary
Milwaukee man delivers food, dad jokes to customers
WITI via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoHe’s published nine so far. "And I have the jokes for 10, 11 and 12 all written." The first book came in 2019. Coincidentally, that’s the same year...
Definition of dictionary lookup
PC Magazine· 7 days agoA dictionary lookup is a much less sophisticated function than a general search for words in an article. For example, in a Google search for "rugged Android smartphone" -Samsung ...
What’s in a name? In Ireland, a host of letters that Americans find hard to pronounce - The Boston...
The Boston Globe· 3 days agoThe Merriam-Webster account on X, known for snappier and snarkier posts than are usually associated...