But the storms that lash the unpeopled coasts and jagged mountains of our Fiftieth State are no respecters of men, even the best of us.
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Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
From the beginning, the Palisades, with its Mediterranean climate and jagged coastline, lured the most adventurous of settlers, each generation reshaping it in its own image.
This will be a bumper quarter for oil and gas shareholders, who have always learned to stick it out through the doldrums for spikey periods like this.
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Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
19 Mar. 2026
But a few things stick out as incorrect: The costume Diplo is wearing in the video does not match the actual, taller and spikier grassy costumes worn during the show.
Misogyny runs deep, quiet, local, and sharp as barbed wire.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Surveillance camera footage captured Mott scaling an 8-foot fence topped with barbed wire at the perimeter of the airport in just 15 seconds, then walking across the runway.
Also, Antonelli’s had a two-pronged effect on winning streaks.
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David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2026
That Bayern are still in their semi-final, having trailed 5-2 at one stage in Paris, is a bit of a miracle, but with home advantage in Munich, this is when the three-pronged attack of Harry Kane, Luis Diaz and Michael Olise can come into its own.
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