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Cook’s all-too-brief career is perhaps the most frustrating what-if in Cincinnati sports history.
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 30 July 2025
Having a center may have changed things dramatically for Los Angeles, but that is a big what-if.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
The case has been riddled with several what-if clues people and police agencies have found believed to be linked to Sebastian.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Feb. 2025
Thankfully, that theory has yet to be tested, although a 1983 ABC television movie called The Day After painted a vivid and terrifying what-if nuclear Armageddon scenario.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 30 May 2025
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 30 July 2025
Having a center may have changed things dramatically for Los Angeles, but that is a big what-if.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
The case has been riddled with several what-if clues people and police agencies have found believed to be linked to Sebastian.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Feb. 2025
Thankfully, that theory has yet to be tested, although a 1983 ABC television movie called The Day After painted a vivid and terrifying what-if nuclear Armageddon scenario.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 30 May 2025
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“What-if.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/what-if. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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