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This monster is the precursor to slasher villains like Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees, who lumber along on their killing sprees, though this blueprint is far more sympathetic.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025 -
It is then converted into acetic acid, a key methane precursor.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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The investor and industrialist Andrew Mellon enjoyed a lengthy tenure as Treasury secretary—a forerunner to Trump’s Treasury appointees, Steven Mnuchin and Scott Bessent, both of them recruited straight from Wall Street.—
Evan Hughes,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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Half of those tested had osteoporosis or a forerunner condition, osteopenia.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Oct. 2025
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Kent being put in the stocks was just a foretaste, which Lear himself understood.—
Nan Z. Da
June 10,
Literary Hub,
10 June 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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Reina has made 74 angel investments over the past eight years, including Revolut, Volumetric, Elroy Air, and Speckle.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2025
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To complete your angel costume, wear a white dress and some sparkly makeup.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Another harbinger is that the annual ski movies are coming soon to a theater or brewpub near you.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
22 Oct. 2025
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These could be harbingers of bigger things to come.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Oct. 2025
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Their live events have typically drawn the largest audiences and, in turn, the most advertiser interest and subscription revenues.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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However things shake out on the DMA and duration front, market size can only take an advertiser so far.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Unlike the innumerable photons from sunlight, perhaps a dozen per second trickle through my cornea from this distant messenger, having departed it years ago, colliding with my photoreceptors and ending their unlikely journey.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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These kinds of supplements are thought to promote joint health by triggering the immune system to produce chemical messengers that tamp down inflammation.—
Maria Godoy,
NPR,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Foreshadower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreshadower. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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