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Separately, see –What’s Next For UNH Stock After Its Recent 50% Fall? Factors Fueling Robinhood’s Revenue Growth Robinhood’s revenue surge in the last three years is underpinned by strong user acquisition and effective monetization.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025 -
Celebrities' involvement in wrestling spans decades, but recent years have seen a surge in influencers participating in major promotions.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Indian ETFs also enjoyed positive flows following outflows in March.—
Royston Wild,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Multiple outflows can be seen in the central black tendril of the Circinus West molecular cloud, named the Cir-MMS region.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Flooding was reported in several states, including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, and flood watches were issued Wednesday in all of them.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Similarly, floods might be due to a broken pipe, but are more often caused by storms, heavy rain, and spring meltwater.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 May 2025
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Peace from the outpouring of love from y’all on here.—
Sara Vallone,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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According to one popular hypothesis, the pot had eventually boiled over: after eons of frustrated heating, some 800 million years ago, the planet’s outer shell buckled, and Venus’s entire surface was paved over with immense outpourings of fresh lava.—
Elise Cutts,
Scientific American,
13 May 2025
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As of Wednesday, weekend storms are expected to be hit-or-miss and no single day will be a complete washout, according to the NWS.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2025
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With the three-day washout in stocks continuing Monday, traders were still expecting the central bank to wait until June before its next interest rate cut.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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While federal student loan borrowers are entitled a discharge upon their death, historically that discharge would have been taxable to the estate.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Advanced cases may cause abnormal vaginal bleeding or unusual discharge.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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The water park is known for its body slides, and thrill seekers will want to splash down on Summit Plummet, one of the tallest and fastest free-fall body slides in the world.—
Megan duBois,
Southern Living,
12 May 2025
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Ewers' agent spoke out after the quarterback's draft slide, and the 23-year-old is now breaking his silence.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 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 24 May. 2025.
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