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Recent Examples of at The previous week, Emily was at a sleepover at Heather’s house with Gretchen, when Gretchen, loosened up by shots of Fireball whiskey, revealed that Tamra once recorded a song, badly, according to Gretchen, with an unnamed boy band star that Gretchen claims Tamra got frisky with. Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025 An interment will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025 Duran, of course, was traded at the July 31 trade deadline, along with many of his teammates. Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025 The group’s then-head of government affairs Dan Isett joined that committee, and suddenly the PTC had a seat at the table. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for at
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  • Advertisement ‘Release the hostage’ The stopgap spending bill Senate Republicans tried to push through before midnight passed the House earlier this month largely along party lines.
    Nik Popli, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The creek has been flowing along the highway shoulder and eroding the road.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • Five missiles and 31 drones impacted across 16 locations, the force said.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The group held its annual voting meeting to select and announce grant recipients supporting programs and initiatives across Arkansas.
    Carin Schoppmeyer, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
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  • To watch Lipe-Smith’s Caroline cuddle in bed watching TV on her iPad, or bopping around to JoJo Siwa, or pensively finishing a Popsicle while sitting beside her grandmother at a museum, is to have the sheer malevolence of our current administration and its adherents thrown into sharp relief.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • There is a Little Havana, with stores and restaurants that evoke those on the island, and a park where men gather to play dominoes beside a monument commemorating the botched Bay of Pigs invasion.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

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