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stances

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if you take a stance against bullying, you are standing against it.
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Abortion rights

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the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.

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relevant

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When something is relevant, it just fits what is happening.

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pressing

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If something’s pressing, it’s very important and should be taken care of right away. Your French club’s most pressing issue might be raising money for the big trip to Montreal.

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تحت فشار گزاشتن

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trounce

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When you trounce someone, you win decisively. If you win a chess match in three moves, you trounce your opponent.

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polling

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With nine days to go before polling day, Labour has recruited Hopkins to take charge of its new election broadcast.

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retain

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Retain means to hold on to or keep. People who can retain a lot of information are often mistaken for geniuses, but really they just have very good memories.

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favored

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preferred above all others and treated with partiality
“the favored child”

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Consider

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Consider is a verb that simply means to think about, look at, or judge. Consider, for a moment, the perks of house sitting for your pool-owning neighbors before you immediately refuse their request.

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landslide

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When dirt and rock from a mountainside coming sliding down, call it a landslide. Another kind of landslide takes place when one candidate soundly defeats another in an election. With either type of landslide, it’s probably safest to stay out of the way!

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increasingly

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This adverb applies to anything that is happening more often, in greater numbers, or with greater intensity. An increasingly hot summer keeps getting hotter.

To increase something is to add to it numerically, like increasing the size of your family by having a baby. Anything that happens increasingly is growing in some way. An increasingly depressed person keeps getting sadder. An increasingly sick patient keeps getting worse. An increasingly corrupt government is getting less and less honest. When you see this word, you know something is intensifying.

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Indeed

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Use the word indeed to add emphasis to a statement. Think if it as another way to say: “That’s right,” or “Oh, yeah.” Are you seriously going to eat that entire chocolate cake? Indeed, I am.

درواقع, راستی

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overturning

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the overturning of Roe v. Wade

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dominated

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If you lose a game of tennis 6-0, you could consider yourself dominated in the match: you’re at the mercy of a superior power, in this case your opponent.

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backlash

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When many people react against something in the same way, you can call it a backlash. A backlash against government policies can result in mass protests.

واکنش شدید و متقابل

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respect

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حیث جنبه

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initiative

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Initiative is all about taking charge. An initiative is the first in a series of actions. Initiative can also mean a personal quality that shows a willingness to get things done and take responsibility.

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relevant

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directly relevant

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tended

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Democrats tended to defy political gravity

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excel

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In states where democracy and abortion were less directly at issue, the typical midterm dynamics often took hold and Republicans excelled.

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illustrative

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A fight with your brother over who ate the most food may be illustrative of your competitive relationship with him. Something illustrative means it is a telling example of something else.

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