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To facilitate a counter, stores would have to add additional staff members.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
23 June 2025 -
This was SpaceX's 465th landing, according to a counter on the company's website.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
23 June 2025
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After each body blow delivered, Williams bellowed from the depths of his confidence.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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The loss of West Publishing (now a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters) was a body blow to the vitality of an already struggling downtown amid the economic headwinds of the early ’90s.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
8 June 2025
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The Senate parliamentarian's guidance has delivered several blows to key GOP provisions, including an effort to exclude undocumented immigrants from receiving Medicaid benefits and a plan to lower provider taxes, which states use to help fund their portion of Medicaid costs.—
June 27,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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In another blow to China’s push to become a regional leader, India on Thursday rejected signing a joint statement facilitated by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization—one such grouping set up by China and Russia to counter U.S. influence.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Defaulted borrowers at risk of wage garnishment Student loan collections efforts had largely been on pause since the pandemic began in March 2020, but Trump administration officials have said that taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook when people don’t repay their education debt.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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The main hook was its more layered and mature take on the lore surrounding the character and the more fantastical mythology built around this specific story.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
26 June 2025
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And the ‘Athletes Undercover’ concept was a hit, like when former LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne was walking around disguised as Pittsburgh Pirates ace pitcher Paul Skenes.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
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The greatest gift for Giants fans is that Kuiper is still in the broadcast booth, still providing the crescendo calls on walk-off hits, still capturing the drama in the big moments and still finding quiet joy in all those sticky-faced, slice-of-life vignettes in the stands.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Check out a clip of the finishing blow below, as well as footage of the entire fight.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
24 June 2025
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The comment section under a clip of the interview posted by SiriusXM radio station garnered mixed views.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
24 June 2025
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Overall, the rate of death seven days after mRNA vaccinations has been lower than the background rates among the general population for the most common causes of death — such as heart disease, cancer and stroke.—
Michael A. Hiltzik,
Mercury News,
28 June 2025
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Among the other preventive services recommended by the task force are screenings for lung, cervical and colorectal cancers, as well as diabetes, and statin medications to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.—
June 27,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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Pixar, as a brand, has several franchises under its belt.—
Braedon Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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In the new study, researchers sampled a different section of rock from the belt and estimated its age using the previous two dating techniques — measuring how one radioactive element decays into another over time.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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“Counterblow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterblow. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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