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Has Jinx relapsed in plain sight?—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
6 May 2026 -
However, in 2025, Hadid appeared to have relapsed, posting photos of herself in a hospital bed.—
Grace Gavilanes,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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But federal lawmakers have recently noted people picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after their DACA lapsed.—
Hallie Golden,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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But federal lawmakers have recently noted people picked up by ICE after their DACA lapsed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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That projection is based on the player’s performance in each metric over the last three seasons (five for goalies), weighted for recency where more recent seasons carry more significance and regressed to the mean.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Smith’s play has regressed over the past two seasons.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
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In 2017, Neverland Ranch was reverted back to its original name of Sycamore Valley Ranch, per Billboard.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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The third, introduced on April 16, added a system prompt instruction capping the model’s responses at 25 words between tool calls—a change Anthropic said measurably hurt coding quality before it was reverted four days later.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Angels pitcher Alek Manoah returned from Tommy John surgery that had sidelined him since May 29, 2024, and faced his former team for the first time.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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In February 2024, the DNA returned a match to Trepanier, whose DNA had been submitted in a separate case.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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“Backslid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslid. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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