Remove
Remove verb - To take away from a place or position.
Usage example: he carefully removed the old manuscript from the shelf
Stick
Stick verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
Usage example: you can stick that box in the corner until I figure out where to put everything
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Both words in one sentence
- In 2006, a school in Wrexham had to remove a sign which translated "staff entrance" into Welsh as "enchant the wooden stick".
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In Daddy Day Care, Phil tries to remove a hornet's nest from the porch... by poking it with a stick.
Source: Bee Afraid -
Stick him on it, then remove him right before he's Deader Than Dead so you can turn him into an Eldritch Abomination and inflict him on the world.
Source: Jerkass Gods
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