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Results showed that semaglutide cut heavy drinking days by about 41% after patients worked up to the full weekly dose compared to 26% for those taking the placebo, according to the study published Thursday in The Lancet.—
Dr. Grace Hagan,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026 -
And Allen’s complaints, though too vague to assess individually, are indeed the sorts of things one might reasonably get worked up about.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
26 Apr. 2026
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But putting people in an immersive environment to experience the tsunami without the deadly consequences of being there in person turned out to be the best way to help people grasp the scale.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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The pair of town hall meetings hosted by law firms operating under the name PFAS Georgia turned out nearly 1,000 people and served as an informal campaign stop for about a dozen political candidates — a nod to the grassroots outrage over the topic.—
DYLAN JACKSON,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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The final compensation for top WBD executives when the merger deal closes has yet to be hammered out, but Zaslav and others are in line to get nine-figure payouts.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
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Behind the scenes, the two had hammered out a deal that allowed Harris a clear path to victory while Newsom ran for governor two years later in 2018.—
Lia Russell
March 26,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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In a boost for advocates fighting to save a portion of the Hoppers Birge Pond Nature Preserve in Bristol from being developed, the city has worked out an agreement with the developer to acquire six acres for preservation.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
4 May 2026
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Timing still needs to be worked out.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
4 May 2026
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Firefighters witnessed a rare ‘ash devil’ while battling the Trinity fire in San Bernardino County — a whirling column of hot ash and embers created when rising heat meets shifting winds.—
Blanca Begert,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
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The invalidated map had included a second majority-black district, created after years of litigation under the Voting Rights Act.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
2 May 2026
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“Cranked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cranked%20out. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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