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This works out to 14 g of fiber per 1,000 calories.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
25 Feb. 2026 -
That works out to estimates ranging from 300,000 to 500,000 residents in a state of nearly 32 million residents.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Tina Brown, who literally comes off better than any other person in the Epstein files, had been in business with Weinstein.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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This all comes off as quite wholesome and healthy and refreshing to the large group of investors who spent the past three years bemoaning the increasing concentration of market value in a small cluster of AI-chasing tech platform giants.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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In the middle of the night, Stella gets up and goes over to the computer, acting on a sudden inspiration.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2026
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This goes over four administrations.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Feb. 2026
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If that argument succeeds, then whether the defendant followed or broke the laws at issue in the lawsuit no longer matters.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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That celebrities are now luxury brand ambassadors and sit front row at fashion shows, after all, is a development of a generation that succeeds him, but that doesn’t mean that Skarsgård is counting himself out.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
25 Feb. 2026
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If none of these private stations pans out, the only LEO outpost left when the ISS crashes back to Earth will likely be Tiangong, the three-module station that China finished building in late 2022.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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As the camera pans out, the screen flickers, and House appears for a second.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
4 Feb. 2026
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Hilary Duff is having one of those moments when everything clicks.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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Athletes describe moments when everything clicks.—
Malana VanTyler,
Sacbee.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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