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After making its first appearance at the 2024 Live Más Live event, the dessert quickly built a cult-like reputation online, with fans sharing mockups, memes and petitions begging for a real release.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025 -
Yep, the 115 is the go-to when the faucet’s turned on and the trees are begging for tracks.—
Kimberly Beekman,
Outside,
4 Nov. 2025
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According to the synagogue’s estimates provided in court records, between 60 and 70 people who consider themselves members have been praying at other locations.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Jan. 2026
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If necessary, remind her that silent prayer is just as effective as praying aloud.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Jan. 2026
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And the erratic way the president rolled out his tariffs — announcing them, then suspending or altering them before conjuring up new ones — made 2025 one of the most turbulent economic years in recent memory.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Fortune,
26 Dec. 2025
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This is about conjuring the you that’s waiting to rise to the surface.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
18 Dec. 2025
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For three months, the Broncos have labored, winning ugly, Payton dismissing criticism about style points and practically imploring everyone to ignore everything but the final results.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
22 Dec. 2025
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Tesla leader and world’s richest person Elon Musk just secured a $1 trillion pay package following a heated back-and-forth with advisory firms imploring shareholders to reject the outlandish compensation.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
12 Dec. 2025
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The discovery showcases the diversity of life that exists in a place experiencing rapid climate change — which is why scientists are petitioning for the Weddell Sea’s fragile ecosystem to be protected by law.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Bijou Phillips, the estranged wife of Danny Masterson, is reportedly petitioning a California court to change her 11-year-old daughter's name.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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This is a question mark of a movie, entreating us to trust in the spirit of the moment.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Bludging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bludging. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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