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There were four short docs released under the SNL50 banner, plus Questlove’s Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music and Brent Hodge’s Downey Wrote That, all on Peacock and boasting myriad overlapping talking heads, filming locations and generally celebratory approaches to the beloved sketch show.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2026 -
In the past couple years, AI has permeated the music industry in several overlapping but distinct ways.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
27 Mar. 2026
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To overcome this, researchers at ETH Zurich used a subtler effect called the geometric phase, which exploits the path taken by atoms through an artificial ‘crystal of light’ built from intersecting laser beams.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
12 May 2026
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And online, orange lights are intersecting with the trend to paper lanterns.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
28 Apr. 2026
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There will be plenty of additional underlying hardware updates, for example a new DC to DC converter from ABB’s Brightloop.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Guilfoyle said helpful approaches include increasing enrichment and sniff-based activities on walks, providing more structured chewing opportunities, treating underlying nausea, reflux, pain or anxiety if present, and redirecting with food or toys before the dog starts grazing heavily.—
Diana Bocco,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Being too patient in the build-up also allowed City to recover their shape and shut down crossing opportunities.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Beauty tourism is reshaping how people approach cosmetic care, with travelers crossing borders for everything from salmon-DNA injections in Seoul to hair transplants in Istanbul.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2026
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For the quintessential Glacier National Park visit, take the Going-to-the-Sun Road for 50 miles of stunning vistas, bisecting the east and west sides of the park.—
Giovanna Caravetta,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Feb. 2026
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Valley Fair, located on Stevens Creek Boulevard, sits both in San Jose and Santa Clara, with the city border bisecting the property.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Crisscrossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crisscrossing. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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