D4vd then allegedly cut off her left ring and pinky fingers because her ring finger had a tattoo of his name.
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Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
20 July 2026
Fenced in and barred from foraging, fishing, hunting, and farming, Indigenous peoples were intentionally cut off from the calorie-rich landscapes that had fed them for millennia.
The car had to be redesigned to accommodate the new structure, which is dominated by large glass panels and bisected by a central strip that runs from the windshield to the rear of the car.
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino, Hotel and Spa is located adjacent to the mammoth Thornton Quarry, a south suburban landmark bisected by Interstate 294.
In 1865, more than eight decades after Elizabeth Freeman defeated slavery in Massachusetts, the practice was finally abolished throughout the United States, though only after a civil war that cleaved the young nation and cost more than 600,000 lives.
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New York Times,
New York Times,
22 June 2026
For years, Seattle’s waterfront was isolated and written off as a tourist trap thanks to a double-decker highway that cleaved it from the rest of the city.
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Allecia Vermillion,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 May 2026
According to the complaint, DGCIM officers repeatedly beat him, fractured his back, administered electric shocks — including to his genitals — and threatened to kill him while extorting money from his wife.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2026
The Syrian military forces moved in, but amid the chaos of the transition the camp fractured and the population scattered.
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