as in crossroads
the latest possible time
The killer's life was spared at the eleventh hour.
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The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have each worked hard to be seen as the crossroads for business, politics and innovation, hosting global sporting events from Formula 1 to high-stakes boxing championships and top-tier golf tournaments.—
Emma Graham,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026 -
Shoulder surgery and a months-long rehab at this point in his career puts him at a crossroads, but the early signals from his recovery look positive.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
25 Mar. 2026
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Over time, your extremities go numb, which indicates the beginning of frostbite.—
Brad Stulberg,
Outside,
26 Mar. 2026
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Mercenaries occupy this gray zone at the extremities of human morality and experience.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
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Animal Services officers are available seven days a week, 24 hours a day, to respond to animal emergencies.—
Janay Reece,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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One of those signees, named Allison, highlighted the lost time to work and school each year due to dental care, including dental pain and emergencies.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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This broader competition is already reshaping how countries respond to crises.—
Derek Chollet,
semafor.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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There are always crises to manage and factions to pacify.—
Silas Allen,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Easter Sunday brings the reflective season of Lent to its conclusion, focusing on the possibilities of spiritual rebirth from personal sacrifice toward a larger goal.—
Michael Pfleger,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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McDonald's used humanoid robots in one location for a short period to test reactions and explore possibilities.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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Anderson is here for the melodrama, the special lessons and the climaxes that fall flat.—
Jessica Lipsky,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The band has never sounded this melodic before; Wroth in particular brings a constant dynamism to his guitar solos, often layering two and reaching climaxes that refuse to collapse into just a flurry of notes, building off Phantom Slaughter’s keyboard melodies with a real sense of drama.—
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
17 Feb. 2026
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That’s because many federal immigration laws are built around the presumption of birthright citizenship and don’t address situations like that, though the laws could change.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Instead of posing questions about geography or world affairs, the test asked him to tackle hypothetical situations, from the frustrating to the dangerous.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The intense temperature and pressure of the impact heated the moon's crust and mantle so much that many of the volatile elements present (volatiles are elements with low boiling points), including potassium, evaporated and escaped into space.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Thermodynamics drives selective recovery The researchers hypothesized that FJH combined with chlorine gas could exploit differences in Gibbs free energy and boiling points to selectively remove non-REE elements from magnet waste.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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