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Know the red flags: Understand the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025 -
Researchers followed these individuals from 1972 to 2022, considering the age of their death and also medical complications like stroke, myocardial infarction, hip fracture and various cancers.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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These products can cause serious injury or death to young children who are climbing on the counter or crawling through the opening at the back.—
Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
5 Aug. 2025
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For each of the four grill packets, place a 16-inch-long sheet of heavy-duty foil on the counter.—
Bethany Thayer,
Freep.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Stearns’ counterpunch to that was to ship Jose Butto and prospects Drew Gilbert and Blake Tidwell to the Giants for Tyler Rogers, one of the elite set-up men in the game (1.80 ERA and just four walks over 50 innings).—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
2 Aug. 2025
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New York needs Towns to carry its offense when the Pacers take the paint away from Brunson, so the Knicks’ best counterpunch might be limited for Game 5.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
27 May 2025
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The decline threatens to push record beef prices even higher, with tariffs limiting importers’ ability to soften the blow.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Postal Savings Bank, established in 1911, softened the blow of the Great Depression for millions, before being killed by the big banks in 1967.—
Mark Dimondstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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When a game is defined by its absence of aesthetics, the rare haymakers thrown by either team can feel twice as conclusive.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
11 May 2025
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Four days in, few haymakers have been landed in the Cleveland Browns’ perceived four-man quarterback competition.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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Alas, the captive here also ended with a thud and a bloody mess on the pavement.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Brendan McDermid | Reuters Wall Street ended a busy week of earnings, economic data and policy decisions with a thud, as a weak jobs report renewed concerns about the health of the U.S. economy in the face of President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariff policy.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
3 Aug. 2025
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In Lenexa, staff members on shift were locked inside the building by agents before being escorted out in cuffs.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
31 July 2025
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The caption was accompanied by a video of multiple men restrained in hand and leg cuffs being deported.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
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Most notable is Dave Bautista's lead performance as bounty hunter Boyce, who is tasked with escorting a witch into a post-apocalyptic wasteland in search of a werewolf's pelt to give to an evil queen.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 July 2025
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Divots taken from the fairways looked like pelts, and the greens were noticeably softer and more receptive.—
Doug Ferguson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2025
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“Counterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterstroke. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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