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as in echoes
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as in beams
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Some in the crowd said the effort to redraw lines has echoes of the past.—
Kim Chandler,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026 -
The incident — with a few uncomfortable echoes of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — has sparked concerns and questions.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Western automakers have spent years trickling pixel-headlight features out cautiously, partly because regulations in markets like the US have historically been slow to allow adaptive driving beams in the first place.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 May 2026
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The house has been preserved to highlight some of the more old-world aspects—spot wood beams, stone floors, and aqua window frames in nearly every room—for a taste of traditional Cycladic style.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
14 May 2026
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According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, SPF 30 blocks about 97 percent of the sun’s rays, so using a lower SPF than that offers less protection.—
Abby Dupes,
StyleCaster,
13 May 2026
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The suit notes that wood, dirt and pine needles generally do not show up on X-rays.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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A number of denouements follow in All That’s Left of You, including a jump forward into 2022, when Hanan and Salim, who now live in Canada, go back to Jaffa and find Salim’s old family home, a run-down oasis of the past in a city determined to forget its history.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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Catching these lights can be a rare treat for some who do not live near the poles, where auroras occur most commonly.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
16 May 2026
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Put simply, auroras are a result of the sun interacting with the Earth’s atmosphere.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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This ruling has far-reaching repercussions.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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The national debt might encapsulate all those universal concerns into a single issue, its repercussions broad and wide-ranging enough that Americans can cast a number of kitchen table concerns onto it.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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Guests brought to life looks that referenced papal garments and displayed biblical artifacts like crosses, angel wings and halos.—
Luis Giraldo,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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Shadows, pink-colored halos, stripes on the moon, and the incandescent glow of the streetlights turned skyward illuminating the row of rooftops populated with what looked like angels holding hands.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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The game surely will have some late-season playoff implications as well, giving it top billing on a Chiefs schedule that features quite a few other doozies.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The Commission will assess the implications once/if more concrete information becomes available.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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“Afterglows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterglows. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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