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let up

意味　〈痛みなどが〉和らぐ, 弱まる; 〈雨· 嵐などが〉小降りになる, 弱まる.

Texas continues to bake as blistering heat wave shows no sign of letting up
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/texas-continues-bake-blistering-heat-wave-shows-no-signs-letting-rcna90570

Texas continues to bake as blistering heat wave shows no sign of letting up

The suffocating heat is expected to last through the weekend, with places like Corpus Christi forecast to endure tempera...

Nation

意味　民族, 種族（人種· 言語· 文化などを共有する集合体としてのとらえ方で, 必ずしも国を形成している必要はない） ; （北米先住民の）部族 (連合) (tribe)

Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in water rights dispute
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-navajo-nation-water-rights-dispute-rcna83584

Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in water rights dispute

The tribe is blocked from pursuing a lawsuit claiming the federal government has a duty to assert the tribe’s water righ...

「the Navajo Nation」で「ナバホ族」だとウィズダム英和の例に載ってた…ということは有名な部族名なんだな。
「jo」で「ホ」って読むの、jojobaで慣れたつもりだったけど不意に見かけたらやっぱり「ジョ」って発音しちゃうわw

phony

意味　偽の, いんちきの; 〈人が〉不誠実な.

Charges filed year after phony signatures roiled Michigan race for governor
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/charges-filed-year-after-phony-signatures-roiled-michigan-100302442

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dominating

意味　[通例[名]の前で]威圧的な; 影響力の強い〈人など〉.

The Ashes 2023: How do England beat world-dominating Australia?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/65918010

The Ashes 2023: How do England beat world-dominating Australia?

It's the million-dollar question of women's cricket: How do you beat Australia?

on the brink of A

意味　A〈重大な局面〉に至る間際で, A の瀬戸際で

Manipur: Fears grow over Indian state on brink of civil war
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-65679616

Manipur: Fears grow over Indian state on brink of civil war

Manipur faces the darkest chapter in its modern history and could be engulfed by ethnic violence.

weigh

意味　…を念入りに検討する

Wisconsin school district weighs banning LGBTQ ‘safe space’ signs
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/wisconsin-school-district-weighs-banning-lgbtq-safe-space-signs-rcna90465

Wisconsin school district weighs banning 'safe space' signs

Advocates for LGBTQ students have suggested that teachers post such signs as a show of support.

学校はね…変に狙われるようなアピールはしないほうがいいよね。襲撃とかされたらかわいそうだもの。

predator

意味　(非難して) 他人を食い物にする人; 乗っ取りをたくらむ会社

Child predators are using Discord, a popular app among teens, for sextortion and abductions
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/discord-child-safety-social-platform-challenges-rcna89769

Discord servers used in child abductions, crime rings, sextortion

“What we see is only the tip of the iceberg,” said Stephen Sauer, the director of the tipline at the Canadian Centre for...

アプリ、子供のほうがすいすい使えちゃうもんなぁ…闇バイトもだけど、リテラシー育ってない年代を騙しやすい時代よな。我々氷河期世代は不信感の塊だから対象外ですがw

spur

意味　(報道)〈事· 物が〉〈改善· 変化· 出来事など〉に拍車をかける, …を促進する

Palestinians fatally shoot 4 Israelis, spurring West Bank revenge attacks
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/palestinians-shoot-4-israelis-spurring-west-bank-revenge-attacks-rcna90316

Palestinians fatally shoot 4 Israelis, spurring West Bank revenge attacks

Tuesday’s violence underscored the fragility of the situation in the occupied West Bank, where an Israeli military raid ...