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Edwards has been especially effective at the outsets of these early round series.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
14 Apr. 2026
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Take Southwest Airlines, which trades under LUV a reference to its beginnings at Dallas Love Field Airport and the company’s famously playful culture.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Happily, from such inauspicious beginnings, the end-of-season promotion deciders have evolved into a cherished, if rather anxiety-inducing, climax to the domestic season.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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Let Katie Holmes's latest outing convince you to make room in your closet for one more pair of sandals before the summer starts.—
Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
26 May 2026
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Bear in mind, too, that Burrows has pitched into the sixth inning during seven of his 10 starts.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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Future removals, offsets, shifting baselines, and technological breakthroughs can keep many strategies plausible at once.—
London Business School,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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One thing that will not be there is the striking four-colored court from the 1970s, in which the service boxes, doubles alleys, and the area between the service boxes and the baselines were all different colors.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
19 May 2026
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