In 2003, Jay Levin shot Mark Drewes, who had been playing ding-dong-ditch and died of his injuries on his 16th birthday, according to the Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Network.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
This season, the nearest neighboring fields across the ditch bordering my parents’ house at the farm are filled with sturdy stalks of sorghum.
This off-white cropped trench jacket is designed for easy layering and is nearly half off today.
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Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
The roads became thick with mud, the numbers in his Company were diminishing, and on a night in June the Company advanced to dig a further trench, only to retreat again immediately having not made a lick of progress—but not without suffering the fatality of his friend, Thomas.
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Alice Vernon
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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