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Despite wooden signs prohibiting people reserving sun loungers with towels and then leaving them, the father-of-two said guests routinely ignored the warning.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026 -
To some, the data centers are an inevitable part of our future and an economic opportunity that can’t be ignored as the global AI race accelerates.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
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The prime minister subsequently reported to Parliament that British investigators had found sufficient reason not to appoint Mandelson as ambassador but that Foreign Office personnel disregarded this advice and pushed him through to the office.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Apr. 2026
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In choosing Love, the Cardinals disregarded conventional wisdom that quality running backs can be plucked much later in the draft and at a much lower cost.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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However, the lawsuit states the autopsy report omitted references to physical injuries on her body, such as bruising and contusions.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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The agencies were largely omitted from last week's funding legislation because Democrats refused to back immigration enforcement funding without reforms after federal agents killed two American citizens earlier this year.—
Eric McDaniel,
NPR,
6 May 2026
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The comeback attempt eventually failed, though.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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Bores, presumably, had already failed as well.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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“Defaulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defaulted. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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