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Recent Examples of dropped
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In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped third-degree felony charges of home invasion, stalking and breaking and entering.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
8 Oct. 2026 The football team has dropped 44 games since 2020, and our once-vaunted basketball program hasn’t made the NCAAs since 2021.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
8 Oct. 2026 Within six months of the sanctions being lifted, Dodik's party, which has veto power in Bosnia's legislature, dropped its opposition and the Bosnian parliament passed legislation naming AAFS as the lead developer on the billion-dollar project.—
Emmet Lyons,
CBS News,
8 Oct. 2026 On Tuesday afternoon OpenAI dropped more than 700 manuscripts reporting proofs, solutions and progress on 372 open problems across theoretical research.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
8 Oct. 2026 The 223,000 tons of explosives dropped on Gaza—roughly equivalent to 15 times the power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima—have killed more than 74,000 Palestinians, the vast majority of them civilians, and reduced most of Gaza to rubble.—
Khaled Elgindy,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Oct. 2026 My buddy Canoe Kirk had something valued to the tune of $28k dropped at his door Tuesday.—
Joe Kinsey Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2026 McRae believes her Tater Tots missed the boat on nuggets she’s dropped about the single in recent months, pointing to her headlining set at Lollapalooza over the summer.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
8 Oct. 2026 Mississippi dropped charges against Flowers in September 2020.—ABC News,
8 Oct. 2026
Some of these studies even suggest a decreased risk of breast cancer with certain formulations of menopausal hormone therapy.
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Versha Pleasant,
The Conversation,
30 July 2026
He was slowed early in his recovery from a knee injury and then saw a decreased role in the rotation in the last month, playing only seven minutes in three tournament games.
The Bruins forced seven turnovers and stopped Oregon’s late two-point try at the one-yard line, preserving a signature victory that strengthened UCLA’s playoff case.
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Elias Esquivel,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Oct. 2026
In 2009, armed men stopped a convoy of civilians, relatives, lawyers and journalists heading to submit election filings in Maguindanao and killed 58 people, at least 32 of them journalists and media workers.
At Adoptions for Love, a cat rescue currently sheltering 80 felines in the more upscale neighborhood of Playa, the number of people looking to adopt has plunged.
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Orlando Matos,
NBC news,
7 Oct. 2026
GoPro went public at $24 per share five years before that, and has plunged over 94%, as of Monday.
But Russell argued that state lawsuits can address damage in Colorado, regardless of where the fossil fuels are produced.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Oct. 2026
Royal Caribbean heralds this ship for setting a new standard across the cruise industry for its water and waste management programs—93% of fresh water is produced on board via reverse osmosis, crew members sort trash for recycling, and so on.
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