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Officials said the new general fund revenue would not likely backfill all that the county stands to lose, but the money would be vital for preserving health care programming.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2026 -
Twenty-year-old Osvald Soe, a defender who arrived from Denmark last month, stands 6-2 and may still be filling out.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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One gets the sense of a man perpetually drawn to the edge of the unknown, as the boy to the edge of the sea—to questions about our primordial origins, about the etiology and eschatology of our planet, about what erodes and what endures.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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As the eastern United States endures a frigid February, advocates for incarcerated people are bracing for the annual influx of complaints about a lack of heating and warm clothing, problems that can be exacerbated by temporary crises like power outages during a storm.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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Degrees lose credibility, and the CSU’s reputation in the job market suffers, especially in Southern California where employers have many alternatives.—
Andrea Mays,
Oc Register,
8 Feb. 2026
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Several others were wounded and taken for treatment in Rahad, which suffers severe medical supplies shortages, like many areas in the Kordofan region, the statement said.—
Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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But today, in his favorite funky beachside café, Winslow abides amidst the usual surfer clientele.—
Fred Schruers,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2026
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The film, directed by Brett Haley, offers a modern rom-com that abides by the friends-to-lovers trope, one notably depicted in the late Rob Reiner’s When Harry Met Sally.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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This tough shrub tolerates heat, drought, and salt spray, making an ideal addition to coastal gardens.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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Hardy in Zones 3-9, this stunning plant tolerates both partial sun and shade.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Feb. 2026
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Their Eyes adopts the documentary mode and is narrated entirely by crowdworkers—specifically, annotators contracted to segment and label images to create training data for self-driving cars.—
Farren Fei Yuan,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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Morina’s direct style — following Shaban and Hatixhe closely, highlighting the physicality of their labor — adopts the matter-of-fact attitude of his protagonists.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Bears (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bears%20%28with%29. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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