Dear Readers:
The following one-syllable words appeared in headlines in the same paper on the same day:
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The Doc was sad when he could not find his three favorite headline words in the day’s coverage. A great headline word is a short word that is almost never used outside of headlines. Doc’s picks:
- Ax (as a verb; great with word ‘tax’)
- Tiff (“a petty quarrel”; also good with ‘tax’)
- Ink (meaning ‘signs,’ as in “Doc Inks Pact”)