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Villanova, in year one under coach Kevin Willard, ascended back into the conversation and gave the conference three NCAA Tournament bids, but the Wildcats never threatened the top of the league and their postseason run was short-lived with a first-round loss to Utah State.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026 -
Lake Central looms Don’t look now, but Lake Central has ascended to the top spot in the Class 4A state coaches poll and has been simply rolling.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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There’s a Marshalls on the Strip, a flashy glassy Marshalls being scaled by King Kong–like blinking M&M’s, but this was a normal strip-mall Marshalls.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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The military also scaled down its own presence in Syria, where the main mission was to prevent a resurgence of Islamic State.—
Abby Sewell,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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The letter states that during the performance Hartwick got up to lead the group.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2026
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Sanchez somehow got up to tip it over the bar.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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The icy wanderer has now entered the field of view of the sun-facing Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument mounted on the joint ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft (SOHO), offering us a unique way to follow the comet's journey.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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But home builders, supply advocates and some lawmakers have mounted strong opposition to the section.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Realistically, there is no end of hurdles — legal, political, practical — that would have to be surmounted for a partial Texas-New Mexico merger to occur.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Realistically, there is no end of hurdles — legal, political, practical — that would have to be surmounted for a partial Texas-New Mexico merger to occur.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Free-climbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free-climbed. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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