Merriam

Sinclair lost to Republican Frank Merriam by 11 points.

The Merriam Webster definition of daunting is, “Tending to overwhelm or intimidate.”

Meanwhile, the 10 defendants based their legal argument on parsing the phrase “notice of withdrawal” beyond the laws of Merriam, Webster and common sense.

Perhaps most exciting is that the fossils also revealed the presence of species unknown to the region, like Merriam's shrew.

“I go through periods when I think it’s gone, and then I cough, and I’m like, yeah, it’s still there,” said Mr. Merriam, 55, a video editor who wheezed his way through McCarren Park in Brooklyn on Thursday.