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Another surge of gun violence swept through the Kansas City metro this weekend, leaving three people dead and two others wounded, authorities said.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Aug. 2025 -
The deployment and surge of federal resources is controversial among Washington residents and visitors.—
Christian Flores,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Aug. 2025
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Southbound Stock Connect saw very large sells in the Hong Kong Tracker and Hang Seng China Enterprise ETFs, with $2.30 billion worth of outflow today, though Alibaba had a strong day of net buying.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Ether ETFs saw more than $5 billion in inflows in July alone (with just a single day of outflows of $1.8 million on July 2), bringing it's total cumulative inflows to $9.64 to date.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
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Extreme heat, droughts, and floods reduce agricultural output, pushing up food prices and straining supply chains.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Earlier Tuesday, a flood advisory was in effect for northeast Illinois including Cook, DuPage, Kane and Will counties, officials said.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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The post drew an outpouring of support and encouragement from fellow Reddit users who praised the family's compassion.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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In addition to 39,000 views, the video has received an outpouring of comments from those dealing with similar grief.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Compared to the haze of Lollapalooza Day 1, the washout redux of NASCAR weekend and the action-alert heat that’s suffocated the city since June, Saturday afternoon in Grant Park was Chicago finally showing its best.—
Lily Carey,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Aug. 2025
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This year could be a washout for the stock market due to lofty tariffs, but 2026 could mark a return to new highs, according to the Wells Fargo Investment Institute.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
11 June 2025
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Install the exhaust fan in back of toilet tank with plastic discharge pipe shortest distance to outside.—
Jennifer Castenson,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Too much water behind these dams or a landslide or large ice discharge into the lake can break the dam, sending huge volumes of water and debris sweeping down the mountain valleys, wiping out everything in the way.—
Suzanne OConnell,
The Conversation,
13 Aug. 2025
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The difference today is that the slippery slope has become steeper and the slide faster.—
John Whitehead,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
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The guest made it to the end of the slide, not falling through, but still suffered injuries.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 Aug. 2025
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Most new titles from book publishers float into bookstores like flood tides in winter, summer and fall.—
Scott Burns,
Dallas News,
20 July 2023
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These enclaves, once the backbone of Ukraine’s agricultural eastern steppe, were reduced to ruin as the war passed over them like a flood tide.—
Natalia Yermak Mauricio Lima,
New York Times,
14 July 2023
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“Engulfment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engulfment. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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