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Eco effort The hotel is marching along a path to zero-landfill waste, helped in part by reductions in single-use plastics and paper materials, plus a swift recycling program.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026 -
Crucially, the military should balance these financials with attractive inducements such as robust family health care coverage, prescription drug cost reductions, and partial pension possibilities for those who provide vital service short of a full 20-year career.—
Robert Krasner,
STAT,
1 June 2026
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Layoff records tracked through Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) filings collected by USA TODAY show a downward trend since January, when over 400 notices totaled over 40,000 job cuts.—
Dian Zhang,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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An April 2026 analysis identified 446 hospitals across 44 states at high risk of closing or reducing services because of Medicaid funding cuts.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Overall oil inventories in the US shrank to the lowest level in more than two decades last week.—
Devika Krishna Kumar,
Fortune,
6 June 2026
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The current level of inventories does not point to an immediate shortage.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Do not send pictures, videos, emojis, group messages, slang, abbreviations or web links.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
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This is the page in the racing program full of numbers, abbreviations and lines that looks intimidating at first.—
Neil Greenberg,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Clinicians who wanted to compare new trial data depended on journals, institutional summaries or conference presentations.—
Ami Bhatt,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Add splits to run summaries (rolling out this week).—
Stevie Bonifield,
The Verge,
27 May 2026
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Any new boxed set in the series of Beach Boys compendiums that have been released sequentially over the years has been highly anticipated by hardcore fans.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
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Dozens of Dilbert books were published over 30 years, including anniversary compendiums and humorous self-help guides, like 1998’s The Joy of Work.—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Then be sure to read our roundups of the best telescopes and binoculars for exploring the night sky, along with our guide to observing the moon!—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
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Steve Sadin reported that included in the latest roundups in Waukegan was a 30-year-old Honduran national who had been charged by city police last year with drug possession after previously being deported in 2019 and 2020.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
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“Curtailments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtailments. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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