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Vader tracked the restaurant’s closing auction in hopes of obtaining one of the famous gold horse statues guarding its entrance.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026 -
Reportedly designed by New York designer Peter Marino, the planes include private bedroom suites with queen-size beds, bathrooms with stand-up showers and electric bidets, and a lounge with a wet bar and wine chiller, according to images obtained by NBC.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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The board directed the county’s Department of Purchasing and Contracting to competitively procure the services, which could run through mid-2031 if all contract options are exercised.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, the parent group Schools Beyond Screens, launched a petition calling for an emergency audit of all technology contracts procured under Carvalho’s tenure.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Faith, or a spiritual connection, also seemed to help women gain the same level of success with the recovery process as men.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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The American public doesn’t have the appetite for such an eventuality, and that would necessitate Trump gaining Congressional approval, which for now has not yet materialized.—
Javed Ali,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026
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Nick Suzuki answered moments later, securing the fifth consecutive 20-goal season for Montreal’s captain.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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The lobbyist helped secure Downtown Plaza as the site for the new Kings arena, putting together a deal with real estate developers to purchase the site and later sell it for a significant profit.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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The brake cables are pulled with an electric motor rather than a hand lever.—
Hartford Courant,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
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These paths are designed to pull your car seat as close to the vehicle seat as possible, depending on its orientation.—
Andee Tagle,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2026
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Vanderbilt got as close as 11 points in the final frame, but Ole Miss was able to hold off the Commodores’ comeback bid.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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New graduates who could readily relocate, get roommates, or move back in with mom and dad can get away with a smaller emergency fund.—
Christine Benz,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Training the controllers The controllers of the humanoid robot were trained on dynamic parkour motions extracted from the dataset, using reinforcement learning.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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The nations that survive will be those that own the technology to extract and move energy with extreme efficiency; thereby, replacing massive, vulnerable, and centralized global hubs with resilient, decentralized domestic resources.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Miller made efforts to clean up the scene before dragging the 86-year-old’s body to a cellar under the shed, where she was later found, the indictment read.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Each team has to drag three giant snakes through a bunch of obstacles and then get a ball through a snake maze to win immunity.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Coax (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coax%20%28out%29. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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