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She was born with a congenial heart defect that required her to have open-heart surgery in the first week of her life.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026 -
Don Bearden, who shows up later in the play as the now-elderly Pierre, is the perfect congenial host, sort of taking over for narrator Patrick.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Nuclear Regulation Authority said nuclear power plants and related facilities in the region were intact and no abnormalities were detected.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Nuclear Regulation Authority said nuclear power plants and related facilities in the region were all intact and no abnormalities were detected.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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The plot follows a protagonist who meets a kindred spirit and travels to the Daliang Mountains to heal old wounds and bring hope back to her hometown.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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For Sacramento residents who champion local restaurants, indie bookstores and weekend farmers markets, Portland, Oregon, feels like a kindred city.—
Lauren Schuster,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Those warnings lay out the increasingly stark consequences of a war the United States and Israel embarked on, including in friendly or allied nations, which now face the prospect of economic chaos.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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Brian Jacobsen, chief economist at Annex Wealth Management, was cautiously optimistic, suggesting Washington may carve out safe-passage exemptions for allied vessels.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
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The program has since expanded to in-person markets in metro Atlanta, Houston, and now Miami, alongside a virtual track that has drawn schools from as far as Rhode Island, Arizona, Virginia, and Michigan.—
Ethan Stone,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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Features like Snap layouts, improved search, and virtual desktops help manage multiple tasks more effectively.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
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Some of the helpers were non-kin, demonstrating cooperative social behavior that extends beyond family bonds.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Across the country, there is a shortage of non-kin foster homes which makes searching and supporting kin an even greater priority.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2026
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Most of the candidates’ pledges, such as tackling unaffordability, reducing gas prices, increasing capacity in state prisons, protecting gun owners’ rights and keeping trans athletes out of girls’ locker rooms, are nearly identical.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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His numbers are nearly identical to last year’s campaign and Oklahoma City has the best record in basketball.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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In that same time, environmental enforcement actions have collapsed.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
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But bad actors have learned to weaponize that same amendment as a shield, flooding the information ecosystem with content designed to discreetly destabilize our communities.—
Julian Baron,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Connatural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connatural. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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