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In total, the New York City Marathon doles out $969,000 in prize money, including $534,000 total to the men’s and women’s top-10 finishers, and $118,000 total to the top-five American finishers.—
Bette Canter,
Sportico.com,
2 Nov. 2025 -
Throughout the movie, Lanthimos doles out pieces of backstory in short, dreamlike sequences that unfurl in black and white, artfully filling in the blanks of Teddy’s particular interest in Michelle.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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Though there were reports that Cassidy and Payne had split in May of the following year, the couple dispelled rumors the next month when they were spotted holding hands out on a date night in London.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Tension boiled over when Boston Public Health Commissioner Bisola Ojikutu, a top Wu administration official, said the city hands out more than 80,000 needles per month to drug users.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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Further encouraging campers to stay outdoors, the Walkabout splits those two entry doors with an outdoor cooking station.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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Continuing on, the RichTok creator addressed how the couple splits their finances.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Food apartheid in Metcalfe Park Census data show how sharply the food access crisis divides Milwaukee.—
April Quevedo,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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What divides him from Burton is that Hopkins, by a miracle, summoned the clarity to renounce his own destruction.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Ratings Board watches every movie in its entirety and assigns it a rating and descriptor that aligns with the views of the majority of American parents.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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For a simulation game, their teacher assigns Annabelle and Morgan to lead two different groups.—
Kaleb Demerew,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Dishes out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dishes%20out. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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