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Recent Examples of bridgesGirard-Perregaux Minute Repeater Flying bridges Girard-Perregaux’s new caliber GP9530 is an automatic minute repeater and tourbillon, interpreted here with the third bridge of GP’s iconic movement positioned on the caseback.—Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 Milwaukee's older bridges, though, are in better shape than the average Wisconsin bridge built the same decade, the report says.—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Department of Interior pushes back Separately, a coalition of renewable energy groups filed a complaint in District Court in Oregon on Sunday over Pentagon officials not completing national security reviews for new onshore wind farms on private lands.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
Flag Day lands in the middle of the month, and this is the patriotic run-up to America’s 250th birthday on July 4.
This is where lightweight furniture, modular furniture, and islands on casters come in handy.
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Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
30 May 2026
One of the most intriguing features of the Red Sea is that the experience encompasses so much more than secluded islands, untouched coral reefs, and lazy days on a yacht deck.
Cats become infected by eating raw meat, birds, mice or contaminated soil, and only cats that are actively shedding parasites in their stool can spread it.
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Dr. Megan Yanny,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
Plant them at least 12 inches apart from each other and bury them completely in soil, leaving only the leaves exposed.
Folk dancing, storytelling, wreath workshops, live music, and traditional dishes (pickled herring, new potatoes, strawberries with cream) fill the leafy grounds of Djurgården island.
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Lea Lane,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
That's not much of a path for female athletes who object on fairness grounds.
The dust cleared as both Grandes Americanos were on equal footing.
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Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Justice Department officials, however, helped turn this particular dust-up into a confusing reminder of the circus that surrounded Carroll’s legal crusade against the president, which began in 2019.
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Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
Here, references to bears (in Bruin’s name, Colin’s fur suit, and Doane’s favorite hockey team), the talismanic power of household appliances, and the sunken earth keep recurring.
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Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
Think about having a micro-personalized tutor for every person on earth, a micro-personalized nurse.