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Delhi skipper Axar Patel got the breakthrough when Sharma slapped him to cover and Nitish Rana took a tough chance above his head in the 10th over.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
Andrej, wearing a backward Final Four cap, slapped his dad’s hand, went in for a hug and listened as his dad said a few words, both breaking into big smiles.
The Rockets are a team that lost its starting point guard (Fred VanVleet) at the start of the year while the Knicks brought back and built upon the exact same core that punched the franchise’s first ticket to the conference finals in the last quarter-century.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
Manning allegedly punched and kicked Hartman in the face and torso, scratched her, choked her and grabbed her by the hair and slammed her against the floor and wall.
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Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
There are likely many more programs that could be chopped without most people noticing.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2026
Cook 3 medium onions, chopped, 3 medium carrots, peeled, chopped, and 2 celery stalks, chopped, in same pot over medium-high heat, stirring often, until onions are browned, about 5 minutes.
The sole occupant of the home was assaulted and tied up before the suspect stole several items from the home, including a vehicle, then used that vehicle to flee the scene, according to LeLacheur.
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Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
Two other people were assaulted during the altercation but were not shot.
Rockies leadoff hitter Eric Young, in the team's first plate appearance at Mile High Stadium, smacked a home run to the seats in left-center field on April 9, 1993.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
The pair also didn’t spare the spin duo of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, who was smacked for 25 runs by Sharma in one over during the power play as Hyderabad cruised to 84 in the sixth over.
Video and witness statements, police said, revealed that Hussain was assaulted in the building’s lobby, struck and knocked to the ground before being forced toward his apartment.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
Then in 1998, Buttered Popcorn knocked it from the top spot.
The storm could bring the biggest snowfall to the region since January 2016, when New York City was socked by its worst snowstorm on record.
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Greg Evans,
Deadline,
22 Feb. 2026
Hyperallergic, which first reported the malfunction, noted that a sprinkler head was damaged during preparations for Winter Storm Fern, which socked New York with nearly a foot of snow over the weekend.
Donovan drove for what looked to be a routine layup before James chased him down, went airborne, and swatted it away from behind.
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Megan Armstrong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
Before things unraveled, Latz pitched masterfully, and the Rangers swatted a pair of home runs in regulation to even the season’s first series and win 5-4 on a chilly afternoon.
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Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026