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This week's word in the news: TESTY

DEFINITION:

Marked by impatience or ill humor.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Unions representing sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and lifeguards made a public pitch Thursday for more support in increasingly testy contract negotiations, releasing a half-hour documentary that highlighted their members’ harrowing tales from the first days of the fires.
The Los Angeles Times -- 04/28/2025

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