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Putin said Ukraine’s armed forces had a grave lack of manpower and desertions, while Russia had enough soldiers.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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But aggregate consumer spending masks schisms below the surface.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
2 Oct. 2025
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This brings us to the differences between the characters, which point to pivotal schisms between Anderson and Pynchon as storytellers.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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Their infidelities have left the people of 2119 trapped between loving the expansive then and the depreciated now.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Lian and Wenyu wrestle with their own infidelities.—
Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
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Though common misconceptions dictate children with no siblings are lonely, spoiled or socially awkward, a review of more than 100 related studies shows that’s not the case.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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The claims could influence public health decisions and reinforce harmful misconceptions about autism spectrum disorder that researchers have worked to dispel.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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My complaint team failed because of variation in knowledge, the risk shifts in the new reality to successfully applying that knowledge, to recognizing deviations and asking why?—
George Pesansky,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Trying to pin down what a novelist actually believes is a sure way to get trapped in a labyrinth of misreadings and fallacies.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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Even when Charlotte did have momentum, there were unforced errors, penalties, and turnovers that resulted in more South Florida points.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Oct. 2025
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Even the slightest variation can cause errors in quantum computers, sensors, or communications systems.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Defections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defections. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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