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Cook is not expected to step down imminently, but Apple is reportedly considering potential successors.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025 -
Several successors aiming for a similar cocktail of horror and comedy have paid tribute to the Bride, from Young Frankenstein (1974) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) to Bride of Chucky (1998) and a run of DC Comics (and James Gunn's accompanying Creature Commandos series).—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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The team then examined how the virus affected the males’ reproductive system and whether those changes could influence their offspring.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Oct. 2025
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Her organization trains advisers, offers consulting services, and develops tools to help families prepare the next generations for wealth by openly discussing values and helping offspring define their own futures.—
Christina Binkley,
Robb Report,
11 Oct. 2025
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Obesity tripled in children and doubled in adults between the mid-1970s and the early 2000s.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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His other two children are out of high school.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
16 Oct. 2025
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The main characters—Arthur, Benjamin, Edward, and Anne—were real-life scions of the famous beer empire.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
25 Sep. 2025
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Disingenuous advertising can lure in claimants with questionable or exaggerated claims, flooding the courts with frivolous cases.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Detroit Free Press put together a list of questions and answers that might help claimants to understand what their case status is and what to do next.—
Adrienne Roberts,
Freep.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Descendants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendants. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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