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With a shutout to protect, Kelly struck out Greene and Dillon Dingler with a pair of cutters.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2026 -
The goalie has tried to immerse himself with everyone around the team, from management to ice cutters to gameday staff.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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The unrestricted free-agent tender established a roughly $15 million salary for 2026, but the team can — and should — offer him significantly more given his value and the lack of a viable alternative.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Learning to play a new game with a doting mother checking in gave Hali a sense of tender, homey comfort.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
11 May 2026
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Instead, Chinese Indonesian studio operators worked with Javanese painters to produce popular backdrops of local Indonesian landscapes—featuring scenery such as palm trees and volcanoes—with modern instruments like radios and motorboats serving as props.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Apr. 2026
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At Lake Natoma, home to the Sacramento State Aquatic Center, motorboats are more restricted, so sports like rowing, kayaking, sailing and windsurfing proliferate.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Jennifer Jason Leigh, as the freshman with a lot to learn, proaches her Stacy with the most even of keels.—
Gina Friedlande,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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But SpaceX ended 2025 on a high note, with its final two Starship launches of the year in August and October being considered inarguable successes.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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Yet the problem has grown sharply over the past decade as the cost of launches has dropped and the cadence of space flights has increased.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
13 May 2026
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“Bumboats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumboats. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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