Texas has several major metro regions that have benefited from that clustering effect, including Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin.
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Wilborn P. Nobles III,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
This prevents them from clustering together, creating a layer of cream that used to rise to the top of the bottle and had to be scooped off before drinking (or was seen as a treat by some).
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Paul Edward Parker,
The Providence Journal,
5 Mar. 2026
That could work in conjunction with the current CBA, which is already engineered to create parity and prevent teams from stacking expensive contracts (and theoretically the top players who earn them) together on one team.
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Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
On Sunday around the town of Marshfield, Haas was stacking piles of snow as high as his truck.
Athletes and outdoor lovers will appreciate that the underarm gussets promote mobility, while rolled forward shoulder seams help to prevent bunching and chafing underneath backpack straps.
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Harry Spampinato,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
Instead of bunching up, laundry is looser and has less friction.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
The Athletics are assembling an interesting young core but don’t look ready for prime time yet, and the Los Angeles Angels look destined for another rough year.
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Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
In charge is Eva Stratt (Sandra Hüller), a stern German tactician who is tasked with assembling a global coalition to handle the astrophage problem.
Panels on collecting and arts institutions in the desert will feature speakers including Jenny Gil, executive director of Desert X, the biennial exhibition of large-scale artworks installed across the Coachella Valley and in AlUla, Saudi Arabia.
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Jane Horowitz,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2026
When Laettner made his shot in Philadelphia, sinking a turnaround shot after collecting a long baseball throw from Grant Hill, the opponent was Kentucky.
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Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Yes, Dallas and Fort Worth are two very different cities located about 30 miles from each other, but for the purpose of this article, the general lumping together of Dallas-Fort Worth as a metroplex works well, as both cities—along with several suburbs—offer numerous benefits for retirees.
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Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Dec. 2025
Using a single term to cover these heavier-than-helium elements makes some sense because the universe is overwhelmingly made up of the lighter stuff, so lumping everything else into one group makes the math easier.
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