Bonds signs some autographs, then takes a seat on the bench in the Giants dugout next to his mother, puts his head in his hands, and sighs.
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Jeremy Collins,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2025
As the New York Rangers poured goal after goal into the Nashville Predators’ net Monday, fans and players let out not only cheers but also sighs of relief.
There have been political whispers in South Windsor since the November election about whether the decision disqualifying Amadasun was part of a Republican ploy to keep Democrats from achieving a council supermajority.
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Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
14 Jan. 2026
And then, there were whispers about health care staff who were a little too vocal, finding their tires slashed when their workday ended.
If steam bubbles and hisses out of the end grain as the firewood heats up on the fire, the wood is wet or green and needs to be seasoned longer before burning.
As evening falls, the clink of pints and bursts of cackles spill from Pat Collins Pub—where locals swap stories to the rhythm of fiddle tunes beneath an Irish twilight.
Two of the monkeys had applauded the event with hopping and grunts, but the other three had shot like arrows into the trees, chasing after the peculiar bird that had remained indifferent to their antics.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
Wrestlers are rewarded for greater effort, more force and louder grunts.
Late that afternoon, Flint was sitting quietly against his tree and using a Primos can call to make bleats.
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Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
3 Dec. 2025
Busting out a box of instruments that turned the room into a riot of noise, Sheeran then encourage each student to share their unique sound into the mic, from saxophone bleats to fart sounds.
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