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Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Ron Lerch, the Space Force's senior enlisted advisor for intelligence.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Stiles, who now lives in Horizon West, knew her condition would disqualify her from the Navy, and so did the most senior enlisted sailor on Bush, Command Master Chief Huben Phillips.
—Noelle Wiehe, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
One of the military’s major concerns, says a senior Israeli army officer who spoke on condition of anonymity, is that both its enlisted and reserve soldiers are exhausted after fighting in what has become Israel’s longest active war to date, one that has become a war of attrition.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2025
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Many of them were the wives of enlisted men; some were widows, runaway servants, or otherwise impoverished; some brought children.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Ron Lerch, the Space Force's senior enlisted advisor for intelligence.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Stiles, who now lives in Horizon West, knew her condition would disqualify her from the Navy, and so did the most senior enlisted sailor on Bush, Command Master Chief Huben Phillips.
—Noelle Wiehe, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
One of the military’s major concerns, says a senior Israeli army officer who spoke on condition of anonymity, is that both its enlisted and reserve soldiers are exhausted after fighting in what has become Israel’s longest active war to date, one that has become a war of attrition.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2025
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The ceasefire deal calls for an armed international stabilization force to keep security and ensure the disarming of the militant Hamas group, a key demand of Israel.—
Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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But since the beginning of the year, hundreds of Nigerians have been killed, injured, or kidnapped in attacks across the country with responsibility attributed to a mix of militant and criminal actors, including Boko Haram, the Islamic State, and a group known as Lakurawa.—
Adrian Elimian,
semafor.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Dahlen, a California native, was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
19 Feb. 2026
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She was also inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2021, she was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Biden.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Once recruited, victims were allegedly forced to conduct romance scams, fake cryptocurrency investment schemes and other online frauds targeting victims abroad.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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Heavily recruited football standout Elyjah Staples has been almost unstoppable in the last two games.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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Now polling suggests the public, and even Republican leaders in Congress, have stopped buying the White House’s claims that federal agents’ paramilitary-style raids only target violent criminals.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Since April 2023, Sudan has been in the throes of war after a power struggle began between the military and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Roughly 500 students are enrolled at Blanton Elementary School.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Feb. 2026
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Hostility at Stanford Gu enrolled at Stanford in 2022.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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The brutal tactics employed by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and various other federal agencies are intended to strike fear in immigrants and other people of color, primarily Black folks, as well as Transgender and LGBTQIA+ communities.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Investigators say a board member told them Hernandez used to be employed by the former property management company as the building's general maintenance employee, but then was placed on the building's direct payroll in 2024 when Obismo took over.—
Anna McAllister,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Ludwig’s distant paternal ancestors were in fact German Jewish merchants, not warlike princes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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To many Chicagoans, the warlike atmosphere is the result of the increasing aggression of the federal government.—
Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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The patriarch, Boon Kiat (Andi Lim), runs a noodle stand while his son (Koh Jia Ler) is conscripted, so young, into the army — until a major life twist brings him back to the homestead, and with a new stepmother at the helm.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2026
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For the centenary of its brown and gold patterned canvas back in 1996, Vuitton conscripted designers including Helmut Lang, Romeo Gigli, Vivienne Westwood, Azzedine Alaïa and Sybilla to design bags or travel pieces.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
4 Feb. 2026
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