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The vast majority of these deaths are caused by illicit fentanyl which experts report is typically synthesized in Mexico from precursor chemicals provided by Chinese operatives and brought into the United States via vehicles passing through official ports of entry.—
Charles LeBaron,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026 -
The Golden Globes are a great precursor to what is to come there.—
Noelle Lilley,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Like these forerunners, the pleasures of Knight’s A Thousand Blows, which premiered all six episodes of its second season on Hulu Friday, lies in looking back on that thin sliver of time, about 15 years ago, when anachronistic old-timey crime was in vogue.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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The League of Nations was the forerunner to the UN and is famous among historians for its formation after the wreckage of World War I and its almost immediate failure to prevent the rise of authoritarianism in the 1930s that gave way to World War II.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
5 Jan. 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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Beliefs in false statements dropped from 19.5 percent in the control group to 12.3 percent in the forewarning group and to 10.6 percent among the participants who received simple explanations without forewarnings.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
29 Aug. 2025
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This is when your neighbors will appreciate some forewarning—and a chance to tell you about their concerns.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
29 Aug. 2025
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By the urn, Andula said, is a picture of their son that someone painted with angel wings behind him.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
12 Jan. 2026
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This reexamination of Stratten’s life, rape, and murder casts a new light on the angel who was a centerfold.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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Eclipses are harbingers of change, often bringing intense shifts in perspective and catapulting us into new realities.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Hood said the dry spell isn't a harbinger of an arid spring season.—
Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
1 Jan. 2026
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This advertiser content was paid for and created by Acumen.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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For example, there might be an advertiser who wants to be the first ad in an ad pod right after a holiday kiss.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
5 Jan. 2026
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When the oily messenger arrives at the hotel, Lucy is confused and devastated.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
14 Jan. 2026
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By releasing messenger molecules called neurotransmitters that open and close ion channels, neurons can nudge their neighbors’ membrane potentials up or down.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Jan. 2026
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