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Winn said the crews practiced the operation using a NASA training capsule earlier this year.—
Tom Costello,
NBC news,
10 Apr. 2026 -
Firefighters in full yellow garb, lugging respirators, practiced with hoses and water spray guns that can be controlled using joy sticks inside the trucks.—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
9 Apr. 2026
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The end of kayfabe brought about a strange artistic flourishing—wrestling postmodernism.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Iran and Hezbollah say the deal is actually the result of the larger negotiations between Tehran and Washington and was brought about by Iranian leverage.—
Abby Sewell,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Arrests were carried out in the English towns of Harpenden and Stevenage, and near the city of Birmingham, as well as the west London suburb of Ealing.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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Those men are more often than not familiar to their victims, according to the study, which found that more than nine in 10 Black female victims knew their killers, with the majority of those killings being carried out with guns.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Engaged (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engaged%20%28in%29. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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