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Crowell’s version peaked in intensity at the bridge and then dropped in volume by the end; Schwarz beefed up the back end, keeping the energy at peak volume to the very finish.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025 -
Having probably peaked in late 2024, the sun is now thought to be on the wane, but as well as yet to be proven (there may be a double peak), the finest aurora displays often occur in the few years after solar maximum.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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As unmanned systems have become increasingly central to modern ground warfare, militaries and defense researchers have intensified efforts to develop wireless charging and in-flight power delivery technologies.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the federal government’s crackdown on immigration and state limits on how many hours seasonal foreign workers with H2A visas can work have intensified agricultural labor uncertainty.—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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Boxing scenes in movies, other than in a handful of classics, tend to start to look all the same, a mishmash of beads of sweat and blood and jowels distended, all fists flying and battering as two men catapult and careen across the ring.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
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My stomach wasn't distended anymore.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Festival food prices are similarly inflated, with some fans reportedly paying $30 for a chicken sandwich and fries combo meal or upward of $40 for two slices of pizza and a beverage.—
Senior Food Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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For decades, both countries have inflated threats posed by the other, which has hardened their resolve against finding common ground, Robert Malley, a former White House official who negotiated with Iran for the 2015 nuclear deal, and who is now a senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson School, told me.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The stakes of all those efforts will be heightened during the approaching midterm elections.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, Riley’s anxiety was heightened when her garden gate was recently damaged by someone.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Crescendoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crescendoed. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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