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Once most of the ticker tape had been cleared from the pitch, and the game finally started, all this seemed to have rattled the Netherlands, who played an unusually physical brand of football, perhaps a precursor to their infamous 2010 final display against Spain.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025 -
With Tagovailoa, however, that off-the-field chemistry has always been a precursor to what happens in between the lines.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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Compared to their forerunners in the tsarist era, with their party congresses held abroad, their executive committees, and their active recruitment in imperial Russia’s universities, Soviet dissidents remained a comparatively small and informal conglomeration of activists.—
Benjamin Nathans
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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The event turned out to be a forerunner to the UN Earth Summit.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 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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He will be killed by his brother, the angel Ejllael (Steve Noh), for bowing to a human.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Capellini is a long, thin noodle that is thinner than spaghettini (thin spaghetti) and thicker than angel hair.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Dash is also a harbinger of death.—
Leanna Renee Hieber,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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One harbinger of this is the fact that many of the contestants who star in this season of the show are either cringe, mean, or both.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
2 Oct. 2025
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Unifying all of Disney’s streaming hubs under one global, marketable, bundle-able, and advertiser-friendly banner would be good for its business and customers alike, Iger has argued.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
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The support—and criticism—that followed Kimmel's suspension underscored rising pressure on media companies to respond to outside influences, from regulators such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to audience boycotts and advertiser sensitivities.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Goodall launched the Jane Goodall Institute and became a UN messenger of peace during her lifetime.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Party has failed to find both a singular message and messenger, Jon Allsop argues in his latest column.—
Erin Neil,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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