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Nobody wants to be hounded — that part is true.—
Nathan Green,
Rolling Stone,
18 May 2026 -
Jackson LaCombe hounded him from behind, even raising his stick between Marner’s legs at one point.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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Exhibitors hawked unmanned aerial vehicles and systems to manage them; a few booths further down, other companies sold systems to shoot those same drones down.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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California businessman Bob Prewitt commissioned Muffler Men from sculptor Bill Swan and hawked them to auto shops across the country from 1962 to 1973.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
25 Mar. 2026
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No candidate has polled higher than 20-some percent — a testament to how many are in the running, but also an indication that none of them has truly captured the zeitgeist of today’s California.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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Any natural satellites of Psyche could’ve been ejected from the body by ancient impacts—or might’ve even been captured from deep space by chance encounters as the asteroid drifted through the solar system.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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The Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has led the European opposition to the Iran war, but his tenure has been dogged by a string of scandals.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Naturally, accusations of censorship have also dogged the competition.—
Steven Blum,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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Sources connected to the investigation told the paper that it was later determined that the body had been dragged from a nearby homeless encampment.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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As the violence dragged on, at least 15 people were killed, hundreds were injured, and more than two thousand were arrested, and pro-independence leaders were transferred to prisons in mainland France.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Telemundo snared those rights away from Univision in 2023.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
7 May 2026
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But how to avoid being snared will depend on who did the chiding.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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Kardashian has pursued a legal career for years, while working on projects such as The Kardashians.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
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He is pursued by Miss Duan (Shu Qi), a rival demon hunter who dispatches them the old-fashioned way—by killing them.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
20 May 2026
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Once trapped, the ions are reduced to a ground state through lasers, similar to what freezing them at absolute zero achieves.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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At least one person was trapped because of the crash, according to Chester County dispatch.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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“Ferreted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferreted. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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