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Crichton goes to a lot of effort to give plausible explanation to the harvesting and recombination of dinosaur DNA, and the mistakes that the involved human beings make are ones of ego, greed, and—more or less—neglecting to double-check their homework before turning it in.
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Spurs have done a lot of the groundwork on deals for free agents Marcos Senesi and Andy Robertson, but De Zerbi wanted to wait until after the season had finished before discussing other transfer plans.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 27 May 2026
There was a lot of uproar inside of our company.
—Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
That means a lot of decisions still loom.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
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Ian MacKenzie, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Spurs have done a lot of the groundwork on deals for free agents Marcos Senesi and Andy Robertson, but De Zerbi wanted to wait until after the season had finished before discussing other transfer plans.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 27 May 2026
There was a lot of uproar inside of our company.
—Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
That means a lot of decisions still loom.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
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“A lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20lot. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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