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99%7Exact Match!
verb

• become stiff or stiffer

• make stiff or stiffer

• severely restrict in scope or extent

98%7Exact Match!
noun

• a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic

• a stiff hair

verb

• be in a state of movement or action

• rise up as in fear

• have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles

• react in an offended or angry manner

90%5 A group of bananas
noun

• a grouping of a number of similar things

• an informal body of friends

• any collection in its entirety

verb

• form into a bunch

• gather or cause to gather into a cluster

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The Guardian Quick12 Apr 2023 Across 21
New York Times02 May 1976 Across 13
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