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This particular build features a solid left sidewall, but Expandable does offer a second glass sidewall optionally, promising even more light and indoor/outdoor connection.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Dec. 2025 -
Further, the advanced version of the jet could also be optionally manned.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Such is the magic of Chavarria’s power of persuasion—a singer the scale of J Balvin or a Marvel actor like Ramirez will gladly answer his phone call.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 Jan. 2026
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At some point, every entrepreneur and company leader must move from imagining the future to building products and services customers will gladly pay for.—
Esade Business & Law School,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Place 3 large eggs, beaten to blend, 1½ cups fine dry breadcrumbs, preferably seasoned or Italian-style, and 1 cup all-purpose flour in 3 separate shallow bowls.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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For weeks in this space, the thought — through no fault of their own — was to swap out Powell and Andrew Wiggins for draft capital, to either further fuel the youth pipeline or to amass and then package picks in a trade for a potential leading man (preferably a Greek leading man).—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2026
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The content creator announced her bombshell move to voluntarily unmask at the end of the episode.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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Other students arrested over pro-Palestinian protests nationwide have since been released, deported or left the country voluntarily.—
Aarón Torres,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Desirably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desirably. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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