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See California governor race polls A SurveyUSA poll released on Monday, May 4 found that 20% of voters would cast their ballot for Hilton if the primary election was held today.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
7 May 2026 -
Historically, the former Team USA coach has been one of the most lauded in our player polls.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot, research shows, are 81 times more likely than those who do to develop late vitamin K deficiency bleeding, where in many cases oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls.—
Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
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There such subtexts of skeletons, skulls, blood, aging, injury, anatomy and mortality can be found.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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Speaking of pates, Dunk also visits the blacksmith, Steely Pate, who offers to sell him armor for 800 stags, or cheaper armor for 600.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Jokanovic had collected 14 kills by the time the third set had ended, and one of them grazed the top of two Ball State defenders’ heads before hitting the court for the set-winner in the third frame.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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Several talking heads mention Magyar’s temper.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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“Death's-heads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death%27s-heads. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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