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as in to hammer out
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Harris said officials are still hammering out next steps with the team.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026 -
The plan directs City Manager Mario Vasquez to negotiate with team officials and other government agencies to hammer out a deal that will determine how much the city will provide.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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Detective John Bolden, 47, a 20-year NYPD veteran who retired from the force in October, schemed to fleece the federal Paycheck Protection Program, which offered loans to small businesses forced to close or at risk of closing during the COVID pandemic.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2026
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Lesley Manville plays the scheming Marquise de Merteuil.—
Anna Russell,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Bolsonaro was arrested and ultimately convicted of plotting a coup to overturn the results of that election.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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But, increasingly convinced that Mossadegh was an extremist allied with communism, the Eisenhower administration began to plot his ouster.—
Andrew Arsan,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
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The big story While Hollywood continues to work out how best to use AI and debates its effect on jobs, filmmakers in India — the world’s most prolific movie production industry — have taken the next step.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
11 June 2026
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Federal agents training alongside UFC fighters, a title contender working out inside FBI headquarters and a UFC event on White House grounds would have sounded like satire just a few years ago.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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For example, Hard Rock Stadium, home to the Miami Dolphins, hosted two Shakira concerts days before a Club World Cup game last year.—
Hana Kiros,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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That’s right, free outdoor chamber music concerts around Orange County all summer long, with a new traveling stage on wheels.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
9 June 2026
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Songtams' guides can bring you to local temples and arrange cultural experiences to the Yunnan Nationalities Village showcasing ethnic minority cultures like the Yi, Bai, and Dai people.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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Jason Momoa, who was born in Hawaii, was photographed helping Lola arrange traditional colorful Hawaiian garlands, the leis, a tribute to her roots.—
Monica Coviello,
Vanity Fair,
11 June 2026
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The possibility of pairing Donald with Garrett — a two-time defensive player of the year — continues to intrigue both in and out of the Rams’ facility.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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Christian Kelly and Roseann McGinnis, of Oswego, were intrigued with strawberries paired with barbecue sauce at the market.—
Linda Girardi,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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The wind sighs: Save me, Lord, for the waters have compassed my soul.—
Tomas Tranströmer,
The New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2024
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At its best, McCarthy’s fiction could compass the strange and often violent order of existence.—
Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
13 June 2023
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“Angle (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angle%20%28for%29. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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