Martinelli opened his body and tried the old Thierry Henry finish with his right foot…
Trossard went with his left, low and hard across the ‘keeper…
But both times, they were thwarted, repelled by the firmest of hands.
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Nick Miller,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
The Sukhoi Su-27 fighter was providing air support for Ukrainian troops and repelling a Russian drone attack when the incident occurred, according to Ukraine's military.
Farthing is being charged with one felony count of battery on a law enforcement officer and two misdemeanor counts of battery and resisting an officer, according to online court records.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
In January, he was arrested after a confrontation with police in Miami Beach and charged with battery, resisting an officer and disorderly conduct.
Still, assuming that Harvard goes ahead with a legal battle to repulse the Administration’s assault, its actions could have important ramifications not just for other universities but also for broader efforts to resist Trump’s encroachments.
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John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
After a disastrous trip to Mexico where Irina appeared repulsed by everything Zack did, the couple split and Zack went crawling back to Bliss.
More than 95 people were turned away from voting in town elections due to the new documentation law, according to research from the New Hampshire Campaign for Voting Rights, a subsidiary of the progressive group America Votes.
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Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
The fact that Gautreau’s head was turned away from the viewer in Sargent’s portrait only enhanced the sense of her haughtiness.
In a March 2025 review in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, researchers reported how studies have shown that exercise can stave off dementia by interrupting inflammatory cell death from necroptosis.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
So while the Trump administration says the tap for Sudan is still on, aid groups trying to stave off starvation say the total amount has been reduced and the entire system has been paralyzed, cutting off food for weeks at a time in a place where few can afford to miss a single meal.
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