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For Buffalo, Dahlin is one of the favorites for the Norris and he’s buffeted by the sturdy and surprisingly productive Samuelsson (13-28-41, plus-41).—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
17 Apr. 2026 -
Use a pair of 10X50 binoculars to spot C/2025 R3's glowing nucleus, or long-exposure photography to capture striking details in Comet PanSTARRS' tail as it's buffeted by the solar wind.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Checchi, in particular, barraged voters with an unrelenting flood of ads.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Checchi, in particular, barraged voters with an unrelenting flood of ads.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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To celebrate, the president wants to offer free admissions that day to the country’s national parks, a self-serving gesture, no doubt, but one that is no surprise for a man who spent much of his adult life plastering his name on the sides of buildings, airplanes and casino hotels.—
Leonard Greene,
Mercury News,
27 Dec. 2025
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In one scene, Gracie Abrams texts Taylor a picture of the singer plastered on the side of a hotel in Indianapolis.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
23 Dec. 2025
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From there, Stefan Ortega saved superbly, only for Ola Aina’s clearance to cannon off Mac Allister and into an empty net, before it was ruled out for handball following a VAR check.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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The junior didn’t pitch from Feb. 23 to April 18 with a shoulder injury, yet triumphed to cannon a 19-strikeout no-hitter on June 16 in a 3-0 win against Murray State.—
Erick Taylor,
Arkansas Online,
31 Dec. 2025
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Police said the man battered a person inside the home before running off.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Now, at the end of Orban’s fourth successive term, ordinary Hungarians are being battered by a severe cost-of-living crisis.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Downing Street has blamed the Foreign Office for the failure, and a top civil servant has reportedly been sacked.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2026
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Downing Street moved swiftly late on Thursday to try to quash the scandal, sacking the Foreign Office’s top official, Olly Robbins.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
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To start the second period, the Wild blitzed Oettinger with three even-strength goals in the first seven minutes.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Apr. 2026
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For a few minutes, Empower Field 2026 was Shea Stadium 1965, as youngsters blitzed through security to be near Lionel Messi the way your grandma once did to get a closer look at Paul McCartney.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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Now someone posts on social media that COVID-19, tariffs, or the war with Iran is going to nuke toilet paper stock, and strangers across the country start loading up their carts.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Again, not a call to nuke the filibuster exactly, but a demand for legislative action.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Bang away (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bang%20away%20%28at%29. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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