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expected
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At some point, likely within the next two billion years, those temperatures will rise so high that our oceans will boil away; shortly after that, it’s expected that life on our planet will go completely extinct.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026 -
That’s why Freeman, like several of the team’s veterans who have opened the season overseas and played through the World Series for two consecutive seasons, is expected to ease slowly into 2026.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Counted (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counted%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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