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I have set by the earnings from my weekend job to use as vacation money.
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The hill-climb track record, set in 2022, is a blisteringly quick 39.08 seconds set by former F1 driver Max Chilton in the McMurtry Speirling, whom oddly enough just set the record at Hockenheim Racetrack in the very same vehicle.
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New Atlas, 12 July 2024
If your bag is considered lost and you are given a reimbursement, the maximums are set by the DOT.
—Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2024
Five other communities in Massachusetts have taken the same step in recent months, building on the example set by Brookline, a Boston suburb, in 2020.
—Mckenzie Beard, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
The Games, of course, originated in Greece, and designers are draping and twisting fabric into shapes recognizable from marble sculptures from ancient times, as well as nodding to the precedents set by Madame Grès and Madeleine Vionnet.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 9 July 2024
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New Atlas, 12 July 2024
If your bag is considered lost and you are given a reimbursement, the maximums are set by the DOT.
—Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2024
Five other communities in Massachusetts have taken the same step in recent months, building on the example set by Brookline, a Boston suburb, in 2020.
—Mckenzie Beard, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
The Games, of course, originated in Greece, and designers are draping and twisting fabric into shapes recognizable from marble sculptures from ancient times, as well as nodding to the precedents set by Madame Grès and Madeleine Vionnet.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 9 July 2024
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“Set by.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20by. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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