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Canada was gripped by the World Series last month and early in November as the Blue Jays, the country’s only MLB team, came agonizingly close to upsetting the Dodgers juggernaut.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025 -
The raccoon, who had wrapped both paws around the cone and whose legs gripped the bottom of the cone, eventually slipped off and fell back into the water, just as DeLeo got close to pulling him to safety.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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Hannah McGuire stepped up to a microphone outside City Hall with hands clasped together in front of her and took a deep breath.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Nov. 2025
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Use your left hand to stabilize your thigh by clasping the left knee.—
Gerard Hartmann,
Outside,
3 Nov. 2025
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Busing tables, Caesar heard Italian, German, Polish, and other tongues, absorbing their music without grasping the words.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Walk the Scales of the Universe to grasp the size and distance of the cosmos using the 87-foot Hayden Sphere as your guide.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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Moore wore a leopard-print Kate Spade dress with a tie neckline for the occasion, along with chunky black Nicholas Kirkwood platforms, Irene Neuwirth jewelry and an Edie Parker clutch.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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The crowd of more than 100 people, many clutching drinks from the open bar, roared in approval.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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England play their last two World Cup qualifiers over the next eight days, against Serbia and Albania, but have already secured their place at the finals and preparations are underway for the tournament.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The collaboration aligns with Japan’s broader strategy to secure a domestic EV battery supply chain and reduce dependence on China and South Korea.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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While the Danish pharma giant holds the patents to these GLP-1s for the time being, some are due to expire as early as next year.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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In November 2026, 33 seats will be contested, 20 of which are currently held by Republicans and 13 by Democrats.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Place bread loaf diagonally (corner to corner) on a large baking sheet.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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This design eliminates the common edge softness found in typical panoramic imagery, ensuring consistent sharpness from center to corner and delivering a solid foundation for high-resolution output.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Oct. 2025
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It’s hushed, melancholy and rending in all the best ways.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
16 July 2025
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Dallas keeps bringing up last year’s six-game win over Colorado in an apparent effort to buck up themselves and their despondent fans, who are rending their garments over a meaningless seven-game losing streak to end the season.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Fist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fist. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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