coryphaeus

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Noun
  • Downtown Sacramento businesses remain skeptical that the state’s July return-to-office mandate affecting roughly 95,000 employees will actually materialize, even as foot traffic sits at 85% of April 2019 levels and local leaders rethink the urban core’s heavy reliance on office space.
    Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
  • The concerns have drawn the attention of city leaders.
    Jason Rantala, CBS News, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Harper suspects Bichette, after seven seasons in Toronto, won’t be treated as a traitor.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • In other words, had become a traitor.
    Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • There are Sixties rock bands like the Sonics and the Small Faces, and pioneering hippie renegades like Love or the Thirteenth Floor Elevators.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2026
  • The president can call out the army against seceding states and their renegade congresspeople.
    Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
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“Coryphaeus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coryphaeus. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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