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Noun
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What is the point of keeping La Jolla in its fold if the city cannot maintain it?—
Ted Levis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2025 -
In shapes designed to cover expression lines, frown lines, crow’s feet, and nasolabial folds, the patches have been clinically proven to reduce the appearance of wrinkles between the brows.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Put differently, the region cannot long survive a paralyzed Jersey rail network.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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China has begun launching satellites for a giant computer network in space, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.—
Matthew Tostevin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
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About one-third of Americans still believed the election was stolen from Trump in Sept. 2023 and a majority of the believers are Republican, according to a survey of about 2,500 adults from the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization Public Religion Research Institute.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Most were from the organization’s education and public programming team.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
Noun
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At that campus, teaching will take place through three colleges, and would grow to host 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students.—
Anna Esaki-Smith,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Throughout the 20th century, the relationship between colleges and the state was a messy one.—
Time,
Time,
20 May 2025
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The department has been haunted for years by allegations about violent, tattooed cliques, whose bad behavior has cost the county millions of dollars in legal settlements.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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But while Nick's actions threaten to alienate him from his clique, Carell has spoken about how the series ultimately brought him closer to Fey.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
3 May 2025
Noun
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His set spanned his entire catalog, and included a few covers of other artists like Michael Jackson.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
18 May 2025
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Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
Noun
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As boss Richie Stevenson looks to pin blame, patriarch Conrad Harrigan gathers his clan with a plan.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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It’s been three years, but our favorite sleuthing goth teenager Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) is finally back, as is the rest of her clan.—
Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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Tucker, who won a championship with the Bucks in 2021, is one of two players with championship rings on the Knicks roster, with OG Anunoby (Raptors, 2019) the other. NUMBER 6.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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During the final episodes, her past comes back to haunt her when her twin brother, Leon (Nick Creegan), gets mixed up in a violent carjacking ring wreaking havoc on the city.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
17 May 2025
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“Closed shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed%20shop. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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