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Eventually, a banner signifying the first NCAA women’s basketball title will be raised to the ceiling in Pauley Pavilion, where currently the only women’s basketball title banner is from the school’s 1978 AIAW championship, the precursor to the NCAA.—
Beth Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
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Iran also spied on Iraqi positions with rudimentary precursors to drones, an early use of one of the regime’s most effective weapons in its attempt to blockade the strait.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
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Williams had managed traditional Tex-Mex restaurants that were the forerunner of today’s Mercado Juarez Cafes.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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The camp is a program of the Woodcraft Rangers, founded by author and naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton, whose pioneering Woodcraft Rangers program was a forerunner to groups such as the Boy Scouts.—
Jessie Dax-Setkus,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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But the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is a harbinger of what’s to come for the GOP in 2028.—
David M. Drucker,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The Producers Guild Awards ceremony is often a harbinger for Oscars, most recently with the crowning of eventual Best Picture Oscar winner One Battle After Another.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
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Indeed, during his time in office, Frick delivered a foretaste of what could be expected if the National Socialists came to power nationally.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
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The Art Institute offered a foretaste of the collection through two exhibitions — one focused on Neoclassical paintings, the other on French Revolution-era drawings — in the fall.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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More than a forewarning, the project is an open invitation into the Texan’s sonic world, drawing on elements from an array of genres.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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According to Davidson, the BAFTAs did give the crowd some forewarning about his tics.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2026
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For example, NanoClaw was a herald for what agents should look like in the future.—
Sumeet Vaidya,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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After years of competing for quarters in the arcades, two of the heralds of the video game age are working in tandem.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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If Agarwal’s tech backers — like Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan and angel investor Ron Conway — pour money into his efforts, Khanna could face his biggest contest yet.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
12 Apr. 2026
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This name honors an angel in the Jewish faith.—
Lydia Wang,
Parents,
12 Apr. 2026
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This content was produced by NBC News Brand Studio in cooperation with the advertiser.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
1 Apr. 2026
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Musk also sued Media Matters for America, claiming its reporting triggered the advertiser exodus.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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