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Since the days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the sweeping social, political, and economic changes brought about by the New Deal, the government has been reshaped through executive action and Supreme Court decisions.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Oct. 2025 -
All the changes midlife brings about—menopause, empty nesting, changes in your professional and personal life—can indeed usher in a lot of fear, doubt and stress.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
9 Oct. 2025
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Nicola Lewis, director of the Worldwide Influenza Centre at the Francis Crick Institute in London, warned last year that the next global pandemic could be caused by the flu.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps most worrisome, studies had already suggested that the chemical caused serious harm to people and lab animals.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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Tuttle drew on his own childhood memories to create a story that clearly represents the kind of dangerous art Moore wants to keep making.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
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Her acting seems to meld the persona and the personal—a photogenic clarity and stillness that draws on a deep well of human emotion.—
Wendell Steavenson,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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Beyond offering incentives to refer platforms to others, emerging apps have also created ways to bet alongside friends, setting up leaderboards and teams of other users.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Oct. 2025
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Gwyneth Paltrow and daughter Apple Martin’s joint fall 2025 campaign for GapStudio generated $1 million in media impact value within one week of the collection’s announcement, according to Launchmetrics.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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The new design features an 11×11 fuel matrix, which increases the heat-generating surface area for more efficient use of uranium and provides industry-leading fuel mass per bundle.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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Always bring a friend, and ensure that person has a cell phone to call 911 in case of an emergency.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Oct. 2025
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Some of the survivors have been urging authorities for more than five years to bring him to justice.—
Meena Duerson,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Maintain a safe distance from large vehicles - Trucks or buses can produce a water spray that hampers visibility.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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In piling up a season-high point total, the Hornets produced three 100-yard rushers to steamroll the Wildcats, the first such feat for Sac State in a single game for a program that fielded its first team in 1954.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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To carry out her vision, McMahon has brought on at least 20 political appointees from ultraconservative think tanks and advocacy groups eager to de-emphasize public schools, which have educated students for roughly 200 years.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Aschenbrenner also brought on Carl Shulman—a 45-year-old AI forecaster and governance researcher with deep ties in the AI safety field and a past stint at Peter Thiel’s Clarium Capital—to be the new hedge fund’s director of research.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Contribute (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contribute%20%28to%29. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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