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My college cohort graduated into a decimated job market, desperately seeking internships that were likely to be unpaid and casting about for gigs working in bars or cafés.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2025
The panel, moderated by PEOPLE's Dory Jackson, featured a fan question for the Saved by the Bell cast about if anyone ever stole any of their characters' outfits from the set.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The list of things Disney might not want journalists to ask its cast about with this movie is long and of varying levels of importance.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
This comes during a period where there are small indications the Oilers might be casting about looking to shake up the pro goaltending depth chart.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2025
The panel, moderated by PEOPLE's Dory Jackson, featured a fan question for the Saved by the Bell cast about if anyone ever stole any of their characters' outfits from the set.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The list of things Disney might not want journalists to ask its cast about with this movie is long and of varying levels of importance.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
This comes during a period where there are small indications the Oilers might be casting about looking to shake up the pro goaltending depth chart.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
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The jeans also have a cropped length that hits right at the ankle and patch pockets that not only look cute, but are also functional.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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The order, which, again, acts like one blanket prescription, allows pharmacists and other healthcare professionals to look at FDA approval for vaccines and not ACIP recommendations.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Very little aid, if anything, is reaching Gaza City at this point.—
Kaity Kline,
NPR,
18 Sep. 2025
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That deal would potentially break a rule that no single broadcaster can reach more than 39 percent of American homes, so the FCC would have to lift the cap in order for the merger to go ahead.—
Amanda Castro
Shane Croucher
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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While details are still forthcoming about Robinson’s background and motive, both of his parents have Utah hunting licenses.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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This is because finding a world with the right atmosphere, chemistry, and geological activity is like hunting for a cosmic needle in a haystack, and this is why the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has been such a struggle.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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