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Adjective
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As a result, work in the Texas House, including the passage of several bills unrelated to redistricting, ground to a halt and arrest warrants were issued for the renegade lawmakers, though these couldn't be enforced outside Texas.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025 -
There was something renegade about it, something deeply irreverent.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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Schoemann denied any wrongdoing, saying the county engaged in a nontraditional but widely publicized process seeking ideas for the property and the school's $3 million proposal was the best financial option.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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But even that nontraditional hire had a traditional background, as Moglia had worked as a college assistant for more than a decade before beginning a career on Wall Street in the 1980s.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
28 Aug. 2025
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Astronauts are on the cusp in the years ahead of journeying all the way to the Red Planet, where so far only rovers and orbiters have dared to venture.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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That journeying, evolutionary spirit of chamoy is rooted in its origins, which aren’t documented clearly but reflect a connection between the Americas and Asia.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
Denver Post,
19 Aug. 2025
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The tribute performance comes after Aerosmith announced its retirement from touring in August 2024 following Tyler's onstage larynx fracture.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Anthony Figueiredo, a British priest with the Diocese of Assisi, handles a sliver of the boy's pericardium — the sac that surrounds the heart — that is touring the world as a religious relic.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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Starship's first three test flights of the year, from January through May, all ended with the spacecraft exploding in dramatic fashion while traveling through the air.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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Rhys Jones, a travel insurance specialist at GoCompare, told CNBC that the price comparison website has increasingly been receiving inquiries about what how to handle traveling in an area were wildfires raged at one point, or if there's a risk of blazes.—
Sophie Kiderlin,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Defecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defecting. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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