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As the rain finally lets up and the region begins to dry out, the cleanup is far from over.
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The pressure to grow faster, enter newer and bigger markets, and justify the number never lets up.
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The authority of a judicial opinion rests not merely on its logic but on the accountability of the judge who signs it.
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Nietzsche says somewhere that the illusion of willpower rests on our tendency to identify with the part of our soul that commands, not the part that obeys.
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Woollen gets off some crisp one-liners.
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In the final moment of Half Man, Ruben gets off of Niall, and sits on a bale of hay.
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The highest technology will not be the one that escapes nature but the one that learns how to participate in its deepest creative computation.
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On clear, dry nights — like those across much of the interior West — that heat escapes very efficiently into space.
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Within a few minutes, the sphincter muscle usually relaxes to allow for a bowel movement.
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The wind relaxes a bit mid-week, but temps will still hover around the low 90s.
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“Eases (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eases%20%28up%29. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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