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clepes

verb

present tense third-person singular of clepe, archaic

as in names

to give a name to the brewpub, yclept Ye Olde Taverne, has been decorated in Merrie Olde England to within an inch of its life

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Hanaway names the city, City Manager Mario Vasquez and Jaime Guillen, director of the Department of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity, as defendants in the lawsuit.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Fallon said that Swift always names Twain as an inspiration, and Twain praised Swift’s songwriting skills and musicianship.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

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Kansas City is asking a judge to put control of a vacant former shopping mall that the city calls a nuisance into new hands.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Wu, who studied the Walled City’s architecture in school, calls the setting a rare chance to build a mainstream action franchise around a genuinely singular piece of Hong Kong urban history.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 July 2026

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That is, unless you’re motivated to pay individual device prices for a business-specific model (which Microsoft dubs Surface Laptop or Pro for Business).

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
The stockpiles in Cushing, Oklahoma – which dubs itself the pipeline crossroads of America – fell below 20 million barrels and remained below that critical threshold last week.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

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Sony first brought lawsuits against Udio and its competitor Suno in June 2024 alongside labels Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 22 July 2026
Much of the American left seeks to counter Trump with a form of progressive populism that labels billionaires and oligarchs enemies of the people.

— Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026

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On the left, an approach that Neem terms post-American has taken root, pushing the arguments of the 1970s in an ever more emphatic direction.

— Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
Perez, a Cuban-American attorney who terms out from the House this year, has emerged as one of Florida Republicans’ most influential and divisive figures.

— Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026

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Sinner, the 2024 Miami Open champion, became the first man since Roger Federer in 2017 to complete the Sunshine Double — winning Indian Wells and Miami titles back-to-back — and the first in history to win the double without losing a set.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
Let people follow problems across functions, not titles up a ladder.

— May Habib, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026

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My mom styles her maxi dresses with sneakers like white Vejas or sandals like this Sorel pair (which carried her through Italy pain-free), depending on the day’s activities.

— Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
Though the British royal family member regularly styles the same silhouette — long sleeves and a midi hem with slight definition at the waist — she’s known to play with pattern and color in equal measure.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 July 2026

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Even though the president nominates agency leaders, those commissioners are confirmed by the Senate and must not be unfairly punished for exercising independent judgment, Potter said.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA, a surprising comeback after the former Navy SEAL was fired last May for defending the agency’s existence amid calls to dismantle it.

— Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026

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