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This is the first time a studio has put tickets for sale this early in advance, but considering Nolan has a loyal army of fans large enough to sack a city, there certainly won’t be any shortage of uptake.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025 -
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen backed former boss Christian Horner before he got sacked by the higher-ups at the racing team.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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Warner Bros Discovery’s TBS axed Full Frontal With Samantha Bee after seven seasons in 2022.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
18 July 2025
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Haack, Heather and Tarek have all stayed quiet about their shows getting axed from HGTV.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
16 July 2025
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Promptly remove former employees or admins Regularly audit account access and revoke permissions for anyone who no longer needs it.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 July 2025
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The work includes removing asphalt surface and placing new waterproofing, a new asphalt surface and associated items.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
20 July 2025
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Merle sold his barbershop the same day and retired.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
14 July 2025
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The same's true for someone who is retired and taking taxable withdrawals from traditional 401(k) plans.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
14 July 2025
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Still, the version that did make it to the screen, where Elio feels ostracized because of his obsession with extraterrestrial life and all its possibilities, remains relevant.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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The historical figure was tried and acquitted for the murders of her father and stepmother in 1892, at which point she was ostracized by her Massachusetts community.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
8 July 2025
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Already, some aldermen are bristling at Johnson’s efforts to even maintain the relatively modest 1% grocery tax that the governor terminated in his 2025 budget.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
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Fitch decides to terminate the experiment, which means killing Sil by filling her containment cell with cyanide gas.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 July 2025
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That means with enough filings for Level 3 and Level 4 registrants, individuals paid at Level 2 would be shut out from obtaining H-1B petitions.—
Stuart Anderson,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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After winning outright or sharing the trainers’ title for four straight Del Mar meetings, D’Amato was shut out in 2024.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 July 2025
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Indigenous and colonized people paid the price, dispossessed of their lands.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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He was not dispossessed at all in the match and was generally a menace to SKC’s players.—
Felipe Cardenas,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Defenestrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenestrate. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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