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But Weiss also put a heavy emphasis on rebuilding trust, a problem that certainly bears out in polls.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2026 -
Our experience bears out research showing that longer sequences of prerequisite courses often serve to weed students out of STEM pathways.—
Tammi Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Lee Harvey Oswald folding under Jack Ruby’s bullet—a split second that hardens into our collective memory.—
Christopher Anderson,
Vanity Fair,
27 Feb. 2026
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The snow eventually hardens like a concrete entombment.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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While figuring out a way to bring the animals back and halt the dynamiting of the dam on the edge of her pond, Mabel witnesses a beaver being thrown in the back of a van and whisked off to Beaverton University.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Mar. 2026
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A student witnesses the gunfire Comeaux had left the bar to grab pizza at a food truck across the street about 10 minutes before the first gunshots were fired.—
Jack Myer,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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Asked what sets him apart from the other quarterbacks in this draft class, Altmyer, typically expansive in his answers, rattled off a long list of qualities, starting with his experience and intangibles.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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But if Bruce Brown or Aaron Gordon sets a blind pick as Jokic goes to the corner that will ease the appetite of the defenders to latch onto the center’s legs like yapping Chihuahuas.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2026
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When the cast finally congeals at Kyle’s summer solstice party, Rachel is right up in there in the mix.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Backs (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backs%20%28up%29. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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