as in finished
to bring to a triumphant conclusion
capped off the baseball season with 10-0 shutout
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James finished the game with 15,842 career field goals.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026 -
Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton finished as the top two candidates in the three-way Republican primary.—
Faith Bugenhagen,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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In May 2025, Hermeus completed the first flight of its Quarterhorse Mk 1, a high-speed uncrewed aircraft designed to validate critical systems for future hypersonic operations.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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Police didn't release any names, saying the process of formal identification and notification of next of kin hasn't been completed.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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This revelation, paired with dozens, if not hundreds, of rounds of testing, culminated in the biscuit recipe below—all done in her home kitchen in New York by the way.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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Optimism amid security concerns Along the streets of central Caracas on Thursday, a midday march culminated at the monumental mausoleum where Hugo Chávez was laid to rest.—
Lilia Luciano,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Japan has won it three times (2006, 2009, and 2023), while the United States was crowned champion in 2017 and the Dominican Republic in 2013.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The season wrapped earlier this week when the finale, available exclusively on Disney+, was crowned Korea’s top fate reader from the original field of 49 contestants.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
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The intelligence assessment concluded that no one powerful or unified opposition coalition was poised to take over in Iran if the leadership was killed, according to the people familiar with the report.—
Michelle L. Price,
Fortune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The state’s highest criminal court concluded the evidence showed not only that Mejia did not commit the crime, but that no crime occurred at all.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Capped (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capped%20%28off%29. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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