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In one rep on Saturday, Harbaugh asked the linemen to remove their helmets so the players would temper their level of violence.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2026 -
In a political world where the GOP's House majority is just five seats, those inch-by-inch advantages could temper Republican losses in the midterms despite the headwinds of an unpopular war and high gas prices.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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The system will form the backbone of a long-term partnership between FAU and D-Wave, which provides both annealing and gate-model quantum computing platforms.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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The glass sheets spend 45 minutes in a machine called an annealing oven cooling to around 200 degrees.—
Christine Tannous,
IndyStar,
13 Nov. 2025
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What exactly the endgame of this road trip is doesn’t quite crystallize onscreen, leaving gaps and missing bookends that might encourage you to brush up on your European postwar history.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
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After a quick inning in the seventh — just nine pitches — the idea of going all nine started to crystalize in his mind.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
13 May 2026
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In group chats and meetings, Republicans are privately petrified the Iran war could cost them the midterms.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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The filmmaker leans pop-comic rather than petrifying in his final draft, opting for earnestness that smothers atmospheric dread.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Case-harden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/case-harden. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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