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The attached marathon seasons, compressed offseasons and challenging schedules that came with that stature also included generally being relegated to the posterior of the draft.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2026 -
Fortune’s own reporting found that even as AI has compressed what used to take eight hours into as little as two, executives aren’t sending workers home early.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Additional former employees have alleged a former administrator was pressured to accept a voluntary retirement package, which then created an opening for Berdo.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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That would be a meaningful shift from the stagflation fears that have pressured discretionary spending over the past several weeks.—
Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Bore (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bore%20%28down%29. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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