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pounce

意味 <機会などを> すばやくとらえる <on, upon>

The Ashes 2023: ‘England miss their opportunity to pounce on Australia’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66009120
The Ashes 2023: 'England miss their opportunity to pounce on Australia'
England let two chances to pounce on Australia pass them by - and must now put their attacking mindset to the ultimate t...

humiliate

意味 (特に人前で)〈人〉に恥をかかせる, 屈辱を与える, …をへこませる (embarrass).

Newspaper headlines: Putin ‘humiliated by mutiny’ and Russia ‘on the brink’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-66011094
Newspaper headlines: Putin 'humiliated by mutiny' and Russia 'on the brink'
Sunday's front pages react to an extraordinary 24 hours which saw the Wagner group revolt in Russia.

このゴタゴタが日曜に起こったから「週明け東京市場やばいかも→なんやかんやでうやむやに→平日じゃなくて良かったねえ」とtwitterで一体感を味わえました。

mole

意味 [C]ほくろ; あざ

Skin moles that grow hair may offer a treatment for baldness, a study in mice suggests

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/skin-moles-grow-hair-treatment-baldness-study-rcna90643
Skin moles that grow hair may offer a treatment for baldness, study in mice suggests
A team of researchers hopes that an injection of molecules found in moles could help treat hair loss, but human testing ...

volatile

意味 〈状況が〉不安定な; 爆発寸前の (⇔stable) .

Rishi Sunak’s concern over volatile Russia situation

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66008543
Rishi Sunak concerned over volatile Russia situation
The UK prime minister is watching events closely, as the government holds an emergency planning meeting.

あー、FX用語の「ボラ」はこれか。

hamper

意味 (かたく)〈けが· 不足· 問題· 人などが〉〈努力· 救助· 能力など〉のじゃまをする; 〈進行· 成長· 発展など〉を妨げる; 〈人〉の身動きをとれなくする

Ukraine pleads for more U.S. support as Russia’s advantage in the air hampers counteroffensive

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-counteroffensive-slow-start-f16-jets-rcna90743
Ukraine pleads for more U.S. support to combat Russia's advantage in the air
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged this week that his military's counteroffensive has made slower progress than ...

on track

意味 (ややくだけて) (人· 事態などが) <…に向かって> 軌道に乗って, うまく運んで [進んで] <for>

Tennessee, Kentucky battery plants for Ford electric vehicles on track for $9.2B federal loan

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/tennessee-kentucky-battery-plants-ford-electric-vehicles-track-100347467
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preferential treatment

意味 優遇措置.

White House responds to claims Biden’s son Hunter received preferential treatment

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-responds-claims-bidens-son-hunter-received-preferential-tr-rcna90841
White House responds to claims Biden's son Hunter received preferential treatment
“Nothing has changed,” the White House press secretary said when asked about claims that Hunter Biden invoked his father...

どう見ても優遇されてますからね。まあ前任者や日本首相も身内びいきは大概だけど。

termination

意味 [医] 人工中絶.

A year after Roe, doctors use termination boards to provide care under abortion bans

https://abcnews.go.com/US/termination-boards-physicians-providing-abortions-exceptions-allowed-bans/story?id=100167990
Termination boards: How physicians are providing abortions within exceptions allowed by bans
Advisory boards are often determining whether doctors can provide abortions.

「terminate=終わらせる」を覚えたと思ったのにこんな意味もあるのか…医療記事の文脈でこの意味を思い出せるかしら。。

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