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Recent Examples of debutingAll of these are debuting on the Norwegian Luna, which is set to debut out of PortMiami in early April.—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
Mayweather has fought in eight exhibition matches since, the last one coming against John Gotti III — the grandson of infamous mob boss John Gotti — in Mexico City in August 2024.
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Matt Schubert,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
Canada, the favorite coming into the Olympics, have now struggled in two consecutive games.
In one moment, Robbie wore a look that puts a spotlight on an emerging designer, Dilara Findikoglu, who created a dress braided with synthetic hair, for the film’s London premiere.
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Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
With some of the young players emerging, perhaps that can change in the coming years, even if Norway never has as many stars as other hockey hotbeds.
Some board members who voted no said the district had not sufficiently demonstrated that broad layoff notices were the most responsible or strategic option and argued that the analysis did not fully account for the operational and human consequences of issuing RIF notices at that scale.
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Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
That money is generally used to pay for a slew of Colorado tax credits, including the FATC, before issuing general taxpayer refunds.
These aircraft are capable of operating from naval ships, enhancing Tokyo’s tactical flexibility amid rising tensions with Beijing.
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Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
Friends of the Parks and Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois had hoped to force the removal of the new steel-and-glass arena rising within the colonnades of the 1924 stadium.
Arriving on the historically Black campus in 1960 just months after students there launched sit-ins at a whites-only lunch counter, Jackson immersed himself in the blossoming Civil Rights Movement.
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Sophia Tareen,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
Some parts of Route 65 looked more like an artillery range, with rim-bending, tire-tearing, and suspension-slaughtering potholes blossoming from the black top.