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Although no plans were ever revealed, GEO used to own a 40-acre site in Hobart on West 49th Avenue where there was strident opposition from residents and city officials.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026 -
Greene was among a small but strident group of Republicans in Congress who refused to move on.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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There are such good vibes in that theater, where everyone is so willing to be swept up in 80 minutes of raucous entertainment.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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Antoine said the Bobcats prepared for the environment, knowing the incredibly enthusiastic children would likely provide the most raucous environment seen so far.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Jan. 2026
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That gig, however, would come to a screeching halt.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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Three more months had passed when Patel’s legal battle came to a screeching halt in August as prosecutors entered a motion to dismiss his case, effectively dropping the charges, court records show.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
23 Dec. 2025
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Recently, internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare likened the platform to North Korean hackers for bypassing anti-scraping protections on websites.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Aug. 2025
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This time, the commission’s bargaining position was undercut from the start by a cacophonous chorus, with key member states preemptively voicing their opposition to retaliation.—
Matthias Matthijs,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2025
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By making the dialogue more cacophonous as the pressure mounts, Ottosson replicates the feelings of the characters, who have trained hundreds of times for various scenarios — but are now experiencing something that goes beyond their typical exercises.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
26 Nov. 2025
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Marina von Keyserlingk, a professor of animal welfare at the University of British Columbia has conducted prior research showing that cows in natural environments are highly motivated to use trees and other abrasive surfaces to scratch and groom themselves.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Scrub the grates with an old rag or abrasive dish sponge and rinse well.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
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Those concerns echo as Adebayo suffers through a jarring offensive slump that has left him, statistically, among the league’s worst high-volume shooting centers on two-point and three-point attempts.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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Soft-close cabinetry is another staple of 2026 kitchen design, according to the report, a trait that not only aids durability but also prevents jarring noises.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
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Baumbach’s remarkably faithful take on Don DeLillo’s absurdist 1985 novel is a half-thrilling, half-discordant attempt to harmonize two distinct voices.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
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Why is the official narrative of the history of the Catholic Church so discordant with the archival sources of the Middle Ages?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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