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Recent Examples of basketsMpoyi’s first two baskets came on putbacks under the basket and teammate Nicholas Giarrusso scored on a putback to close out the first quarter.—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
Passengers will be limited to two portable chargers, which cannot be stored in overhead bins.
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Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Portable chargers -- which contain lithium-ion batteries intended to charge personal electronic devices -- may not be stored in overhead bins and cannot be recharged during the flight, the airline said.
There’s a parallel universe where possibly one of the greatest songs of all time, and definitely the best song ever written about the boys being back in town, was squandered off into the abyss of record-store crates and never given a chance to shine.
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Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
Pictures of the stand filed in court by the city show a hodgepodge of food ingredients, spices, cooking oils, pots, crates, and propane tanks powering a campfire stove.
Tropical trees including your mamey likely had their limbs and trunks totally frozen.
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Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
The bronze figure of Rocky Balboa — arms raised in victory, clad in boxing trunks and boots — has become a point of pilgrimage for people around the world.
The company also provided gloves, bags and trash pickers for Sunday’s cleanup.
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Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
Trader Joe's totes have also found fans abroad, with bags listed on international marketplaces, including Coupang, Depop, and Karrot, as well as eBay and Mercari.
Padres players arrived in the visitor’s clubhouse at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú on Saturday to find brown T-shirts hanging in their lockers.
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Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
The roughly thirty-pound latex belly that Harbour wore to give Floyd extra heft is on full display in the show’s final episode, when Floyd and Clark strip down to their boxer briefs and dance by the pool lockers in a kind of tête-à-tête disco.