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Among all attacking midfielders in La Liga, Williams completed 112 high turnovers, a figure bettered only by… Raphinha and Yamal.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
20 June 2025 -
There is one place where F1 deviates from standard tropes and betters itself in the process.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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That deal could have reached as high as £89m (€100m) were subsequent clauses met; the amounts guaranteed on the sale of Wirtz have already exceeded that figure.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Annual interest payments now already exceed $1 trillion, and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has called it a red flag.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Joya wasn’t with us that day; my mother had handed me enough heavy coins to purchase it from a trinket stand in Trafalgar Square, where long white poles around Nelson’s Column were festooned with regal banners and topped with crowns.—
Jhumpa Lahiri,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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On the Soundtracks chart, where KPop Demon Hunters enters at No. 1, the album is the first from a Netflix program to top the list in over two years — since Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Volume 4, re-entered atop the list dated Nov. 19, 2022, for its first week at No. 1.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
30 June 2025
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At a high level, the growth in electricity demand and deactivation of power-generating facilities are outstripping the pace at which new electricity generation is being added to the electric grid, Hill said.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
21 June 2025
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But Sanlorenzo’s commitment to the arts, which started with an installation at Art Basel, has outstripped its competitors.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
20 June 2025
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The market could surpass those previous records on Friday or early next week, analysts told CBS MoneyWatch.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
26 June 2025
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Meanwhile, a 2024 forecast by Research and Markets estimates the digital education sector will surpass $80 billion by 2030, driven by microlearning and online skill monetization.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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As karaoke has transcended borders and became a global phenomenon – and in what has been estimated as a more than $10 billion global industry – Shigeichi’s vision of bringing people together through music endures.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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In stories such as Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series and Star Trek, the genre has positioned outer space as the frontier that humanity must cross in order to transcend earthbound dilemmas.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
21 June 2025
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Inventive variations are outshining the quintessential Aperol spritz, writes Forbes spirits contributor Rachel King.—
Sarah Perez,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Fireballs can be seen when ancient pieces of solar system debris with diameters ranging from millimeters to meters slam into Earth's atmosphere, burning up in a fiery display of cosmic pyrotechnics that can easily outshine the brightest planets in the night sky.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
26 June 2025
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But the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office this week pegged that growth at just 0.5 percent of GDP over a decade, which higher borrowing costs would eclipse to the tune of $2.8 trillion.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
20 June 2025
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For the first time, streaming services have eclipsed traditional television in overall U.S. TV viewership, according to a Nielsen report released Tuesday.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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“Ace (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ace%20%28out%29. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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