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Continue reading … RISKY BUSINESS – Patients gamble with health buying unregulated weight loss drugs amid soaring costs.
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FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
So, while there’s an urgency to the challenges facing some of Blazy’s peers at rival fashion houses, who are stepping into business with rapidly declining sales amid a sector-wide slowdown, he may be given the luxury of time to find his rhythm.
—Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
The acknowledgment came amid a broader conversation about clemency, sparked by questions over the potential pardon of Ghislaine Maxwell.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Set in 2005, the title follows a group of international models in New York amid Fashion Week festivities when they're stalked by the Smile Entity.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
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FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
So, while there’s an urgency to the challenges facing some of Blazy’s peers at rival fashion houses, who are stepping into business with rapidly declining sales amid a sector-wide slowdown, he may be given the luxury of time to find his rhythm.
—Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
The acknowledgment came amid a broader conversation about clemency, sparked by questions over the potential pardon of Ghislaine Maxwell.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Set in 2005, the title follows a group of international models in New York amid Fashion Week festivities when they're stalked by the Smile Entity.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
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Workers deemed non-essential are often furloughed, affecting the National Parks Service, NASA, and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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Jade Chung-Lee,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
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Drive at a reduced speed during wet weather.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Oct. 2025
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All federal employees who are not paid during the shutdown, whether they were furloughed or remained working, are entitled by law to back pay once the shutdown ends.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Amid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amid. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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