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Noun
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Gelje is one the world’s most renowned mountaineers, with a high-altitude career that includes summiting all 14 of the 8,000-meter peaks.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026 -
The film follows both the mountaineers caught in the storm and the rescue teams racing against time to save them.—
Emiliano de Pablos,
Variety,
15 May 2026
Noun
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In the early nineteenth century, after Egyptian peasants happened upon ancient fragments, archaeologists began to look in such places for pieces of manuscript, which could vary in size from a few letters to a slice of text.—
Madeleine Schwartz,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
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The painting shows a lush, verdant Italian landscape, whose richness allows even peasants to enjoy leisurely strolls along its paths.—
Tyler Green,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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