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as in lined up
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as in recruited
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Schumer had initially recruited Mills to run.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026 -
While being recruited to Arkansas ahead of the 2025 season, Neal said part of the sales pitch was the opportunity to learn the same techniques being taught by the Seahawks.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Lutnick's voluntary closed-door interview comes amid a monthslong procession of powerful people summoned before the committee, many of whom have been subjected to embarrassing revelations in the more than 3 million pages of records known as the Epstein files.—
Graham Kates,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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Sorensen summoned both Fire Chief Stephen Gollan and Police Chief Bill Schultz to the lectern and quizzed them on their relationship with the city manager.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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But health policy experts raised alarm bells over a steep decline in the number of people being tested for HIV, as well as a reduction in people diagnosed and newly enrolled in treatment.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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Alderman Anthony Napolitano says nearly 1,000 people in Chicago are currently enrolled in Cook County’s troubled electronic monitoring program.—
Michael Tobin,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Well, the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) convened recently to share ideas on how to enhance the sport of college football, along with other conversations about the current landscape of a profession that changes on what feels like a weekly basis.—
Trey Wallace OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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Gennady Zyuganov, the longtime leader of Russia’s Communist Party, told the lower house of parliament that the meeting Putin convened with his ministers was the gloomiest in a long time, according to Reuters.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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Her profession has turned her into a serious shoe collector, with a closet of 100 pairs neatly organized in boxes, each marked with a photo of the shoes taped to the outside.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
10 May 2026
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And the unfortunate reality of how the sport is organized in the modern era is that those big non-conference games are going to become less and less common.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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General Manager Alicia Barber, however, testified that the districts, drawn in 1993, are grouped with subdivisions not split between districts and that the districts have distinct issues with drainage and other concerns.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Several of them are now grouped at Le19M, a striking building designed by architect Rudy Ricciotti and located on the outskirts of Paris.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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But since the Supreme Court ruling, the administration has levied a 10% tariff while investigating trade imbalances and national security issues, aiming to put in new tariffs to make up for lost revenues.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 May 2026
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Toward the end of his administration, President Joe Biden levied a 100 percent tariff on Chinese EVs.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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“Called (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/called%20%28up%29. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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