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Moreover, the sector Macy’s competes in has been contracting since the turn of the century.
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Steve Dennis, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Four acts that blended R&B and hip hop around the turn of the century to great success — Nelly, Ja Rule, Mya and the Ying Yang Twins — filled the Grandstand to absolute capacity with a wildly diverse crowd of 14,018 people ready to dance the night away.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Successive Mexican governments since the turn of the century bought into the notion that, with the right amount of military pressure, the cartels would either fold up shop, bargain with the state or collapse under their own weight.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
At the turn of the century, thousands of people were coming to Skagway, Alaska, on their way to the Yukon Territory with the hopes of striking it rich.
—Paul J. Heney, AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
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Steve Dennis, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Four acts that blended R&B and hip hop around the turn of the century to great success — Nelly, Ja Rule, Mya and the Ying Yang Twins — filled the Grandstand to absolute capacity with a wildly diverse crowd of 14,018 people ready to dance the night away.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Successive Mexican governments since the turn of the century bought into the notion that, with the right amount of military pressure, the cartels would either fold up shop, bargain with the state or collapse under their own weight.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
At the turn of the century, thousands of people were coming to Skagway, Alaska, on their way to the Yukon Territory with the hopes of striking it rich.
—Paul J. Heney, AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
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