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City officials highlighted upgrades to the arena, infrastructure enhancements and a large union workforce.—
Dan Snyder,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026 -
Other general fund reductions include eliminating more than $945,000 in county contracts, about $850,000 in extra help budgets, roughly $660,000 in salary allocations, about $635,000 in revenue enhancements and about $575,000 in service and supply costs.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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With the additions of Vanloo and New York native Aubrey Griffin, DeMarco had only nine players available.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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There were little things, like the belts, that were late in the game additions.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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Williams, of course, worked at NBC for nearly three decades, including an 11-year run at NBC Nightly News that ended 2015 after exaggerations and falsehoods were found in some of his reporting, including reports from Iraq, and from New Orleans after it had been ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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The lurch from declaring fears about Iran to be mere media exaggerations to invoking imminent threat, from demanding the Nobel Peace Prize to luxuriating in lethality, is the essence of the autocrat’s monopoly on unpredictability.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Apr. 2026
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The shift to an all-wheel park requires no construction modifications and would utilize separate sessions to maintain safety and maximize facility activity, city officials said.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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WaiV Robotics’ system allows uncrewed aerial vehicles to launch and recover from vessels as small as 10 m long without requiring modifications to the drone’s hardware or software.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
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Far from settling the debate, Thursday’s elaborations are likely to only further stoke the controversy.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2026
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As members of Gen X and Millennials became parents, the general trend of having more money and time for children continued, resulting in elaborations of the concept of helicopter parenting.—
Eric Wood,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Many reviewers, including petite shoppers, note that the pants hit at just the right length without needing alterations, and the inseam works well with both flats and heels.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
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He was also not included in Villa’s Europa League squad, with the club only allowed to make three alterations ahead of the knockout phase, with January signings Tammy Abraham and Douglas Luiz, plus the return of Leon Bailey, included.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Maybe a constitutional convention should be held for public adjustments of dozens of issues, including the felon candidate.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Sometimes, that requires making small but meaningful adjustments, like warming washcloths for a patient who resists basic care.—
Nancy Badertscher,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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Analysts warn the deletions could fuel fears of longer-term consequences.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Because of some differences in the genes affected, these individuals tend to have slightly different symptoms than people who have deletions.—
Ruth Jessen Hickman,
Health,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Amplifications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amplifications. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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