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Byard, who hopes to be here for the next Bears practice in May but may not be if free agency pulls him in a different direction, also sees a formula crystallizing for a multi-season run of success.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2026 -
Photograph from Bettmann / Getty Was the Goetz incident a genuinely significant event, crystallizing something that was passing through the city, and perhaps is still with us today?—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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The basketball gods have handed us an opportunity — a chance to stir up a rivalry that has been sitting cold and coagulating on the back burner for far too long.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Calcifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calcifying. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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