As part of our Language of Soccer World Cup series, The Athletic is speaking to supporters of all 48 nations competing at the 2026 edition to capture their unique football culture, distilled into a single phrase.
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Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
The bourbon and rye in the bottles are distilled at MGP in Indiana, the source for so many other whiskey brands, aged for at least two years, and then given a secondary maturation—the bourbon is finished in sherry casks, the rye in port barrels.
She was hooked up to a hemodialysis machine where her blood flowed out of her body to be purified and was then transferred back into her body where it was reabsorbed.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
This is a far more advanced and valuable product that requires graphite to be purified, shaped, coated, and graphitized before it can be used inside batteries.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
The Knicks are down by 23 points early in the second quarter, and are only shooting 33% from the field, and Madison Square Garden has been reduced to murmurs.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
Language barriers may soon be greatly reduced, allowing for a historically impossible level of information sharing and growth.
Alaska, for example, has vast deposits of zinc, which is refined in British Columbia; the process spins off germanium, a crucial component in semiconductors.
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Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
11 Dec. 2025
Recognition for Excellence in Care and Innovation KMUH has consistently refined its robotic surgery outcomes and comprehensive care models.
Our uncertainty is only fed by the immaculate restraint and simmering intensity of Stan’s and Reinsve’s performances, from which every hint of movie-star glamour has been methodically purged.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 May 2026
According to Kornfield, among the documents purged was a news release about a man who went to the Capitol with bear spray and is still facing an ongoing child solicitation case.
Remote Controls, Light Switches, and Electronics Television remotes, gaming controllers, keyboards, and other electronics are touched constantly but may rarely get cleaned.
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Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
16 June 2026
After removing the tick, the bite area should be cleaned with soap and water, rubbing alcohol, or another antiseptic.
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Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
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