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as in lined up
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as in recruited
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During his senior year at a boarding school in Pretoria, American colleges aggressively recruited Bennett, who won the stroke-play portion of the 2023 Nomads South Africa Boys Under-19 Championship by 21 strokes.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
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By far the youngest was French club Strasbourg (average age 21 years and five months), who are part of the same BlueCo ownership group, and from whom Chelsea recently recruited Liam Rosenior to be their new coach.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Hours before Wednesday's news briefing, an Argentine federal judge summoned Gallo to testify as a witness in a case investigating alleged crimes against humanity attributed to the government of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Walz, Ellison and GOP lawmakers aren’t the only Minnesota officials the committee has summoned in recent months.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
3 Mar. 2026
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Meet your new tutor One of our macroeconomics courses enrolled 140 undergraduate students, mostly in their first or second year of college, divided across four sections.—
Shishir Shakya,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2026
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Other members of his family, including his mother, enrolled in college.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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The new hours were hashed out in a small working group consisting of both pickleball players and neighbors convened by Village Manager Kelsey McElroy-Anderson to develop a compromise.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Two days later, the mayor convened a press conference to announce final costs for the city and its private partner, Boston Legacy FC, which is now kicking in more than $190 million for its portion of the project.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
2 Mar. 2026
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The gathering is a part of a car caravan heading from Tropical Park to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity (also known as La Ermita de la Caridad), organized by the Cuban Anti-Communist Foundation.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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On curved surfaces, parallel trajectories intersect—liberation movements that appear separate on maps organized around Euroamerican centers were always convergent in Afro-Asian circuits.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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The 15 largest cities were grouped in the same category and ranked, adjusting for factors such as population size.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Conversely, succulents, cacti, and other plants from arid climates can be grouped in a drier part of the home.—
Alexandra Jones,
The Spruce,
27 Feb. 2026
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The allegations levied by Mamás de DPS first appeared in a lawsuit the group filed in 2024 seeking to prevent DPS from closing schools due to falling K-12 enrollment.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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Those included the €31million (£27m) fine levied by UEFA after Chelsea were found in breach of two of its financial rules last year.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Called (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/called%20%28up%29. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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