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Of all the various isms proposed to capture Trump’s ideology, social Darwinism has perhaps the most explanatory power.—
Erik Baker,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025 -
That by itself seemed innocuous, and thus the prosecutor (who did not have easy access to the explanatory data) was unable to explain to the judge why the office had decided to seek confinement.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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This may have been a low point, but not even the more edifying moments of the discussion shed much light on the essential conflict between Brustein’s commitment to integration and Wilson’s appeal for separatism.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Nov. 2023
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But the fact that the two situations are being compared does not make the comparison very edifying.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
17 Jan. 2023
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Heavy pruning—removing one-third or more of a plant’s foliage—prompts copious amounts of new leaves to unfurl, which leaf miner moths prefer.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 June 2025
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Like all variants of Caribbean carnival celebrations, there’s copious drinking and dancing as the joy of being Black always supersedes any hardship.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
16 June 2025
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With more powerful telescopes and new printing technologies, astronomers began applying the cartographic tools of geographers to create the first detailed maps of the planet’s surface, filling it in with continents and seas, and in some cases features that could have been produced by life.—
Matthew Shindell,
Space.com,
29 June 2025
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Engineers also use building information modeling and point cloud scanning to create highly detailed 3D blueprints.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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The 2015 deal, signed by Iran, the U.S. and other world powers, created a long-term, comprehensive nuclear agreement that limited Tehran’s enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.—
Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
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The 2015 deal, signed by Iran, U.S., and other world powers, created a long-term, comprehensive nuclear agreement that limited Tehran’s enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.—
Aamer Madhani,
Christian Science Monitor,
22 June 2025
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