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Immigration raids and wildfires dissuaded tourists from visiting, and even Canadian tourists who typically make up the largest number of foreign visitors to California dropped 21%.—
Lily Wright,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2026 Just before the trial was set to commence in May, Lively dropped her lawsuit and settled with Baldoni and Wayfarer.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
9 July 2026 As of the end of June, the two biggest artificial intelligence political action committees have dropped at least $44 million into 40 House and Senate candidates, per a CNBC analysis of Federal Election Commission data.—
Emily Wilkins,
CNBC,
9 July 2026 That case took a decade to litigate, and it was eventually dropped when a new county prosecutor took over and decided not to move forward with the charges.—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
9 July 2026 The White Sox have dropped the first two games of the series as their club-record stretch of 10 straight home series wins came to an end.—
Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2026 When all our gear was finally shuttled to the end of the portage, Rubye collapsed and lay there like she’d been dropped from the sky.—
John Todd,
Outdoor Life,
9 July 2026 Turnout in Iran's last presidential elections dropped to some of the lowest levels ever, seen as a sign that millions hoping for change saw no use in voting.—ABC News,
9 July 2026 The first-year pro soccer club dropped a 2-1 home game to One Knoxville, watching the Tennessee side and reigning league champ rally to steal all three points in front of 7,223 fans at Expo Idaho.—Idaho Statesman,
3 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.
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Joseph Duarte,
Houston Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2026
Just like in humans, salmonella exposure can sicken pets, causing lethargy, bloody diarrhea, vomiting, fever and a decreased appetite.
Blake Snell — who also had loose bodies removed from his pitching elbow, undergoing a NanoNeedle Scope procedure on May 19 — threw two simulated innings to batters Saturday.
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Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2026
Coulombe issued three walks over the final two innings and threw 37 pitches.
Countless trees were felled and taken to Eugene for processing in mills or floated up the Willamette to Portland, the sawn trunks chained together in massive, bobbing rafts.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2026
Messi had produced another vintage performance three weeks earlier, this time at the Nou Camp, where the Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng toppled over like a tree that had been felled.
Bowles told the jury during trial that May would have never willingly abandoned her children.
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Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 July 2026
The series’ new iterations, starting with Fede Álvarez’s 2013 soft reboot Evil Dead, have largely abandoned its roots as horror-comedy in favor of orgiastic slaughter.
For Friday’s clash between Spain and Belgium, prices have plunged 65%, according to TickPick, a secondary ticket marketplace.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
10 July 2026
Though brief, Yoon’s martial law declaration plunged South Korea into a political crisis, paralyzing politics and high-level diplomacy while rattling financial markets.
Broiling conditions have severely tested the continent’s infrastructure, with some trains delayed or cancelled as extreme temperatures risk warping the metal tracks.
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Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
10 July 2026
During his years in exile, Osip Mandelstam was denied the right to work for any publication or publishing house; translation jobs were cancelled, his writing went unpublished.
The Candy documentary, directed by Colin Hanks and executive produced by Ryan Reynolds, earned five nominations, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
8 July 2026
Sofia Coppola, Lorenzo Mieli, Mario Gianani, Rachel Dengiz, and Youree Henley produced the documentary.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2026
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