For the viewer, the satisfaction comes through vicarious tactile sensation—witnessing how the thatch gets smacked in by a flat, hammerlike device, or the way a tile slots perfectly into a shelf niche.
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
Then, on June 15, 2025, in Kansas City, Kurtz smacked a go-ahead homer off then-Royals closer Carlos Estévez.
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Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
If the 348 was one of the few forgettable Ferraris, its successor knocked it out of the park with peerless styling, an exotic five-valve-per-cylinder V-8, and a quantum leap in performance.
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Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
17 June 2026
There was Peninsula, which had knocked Harvard-Westlake from the playoffs during their freshman year.
Mitchell Robinson elbow checked him in the face, Jose Alvarado pulled off a single-legged take-down in the first half, and Towns drew a frustration flagrant foul when Wembanyama whacked him in the face.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2026
The Knicks are also getting whacked every time down the court.
Aranda slapped an outside changeup on a line down the leftfield line, and the ball struck the screen on the fair side of foul pole for a three-run homer.
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Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 June 2026
The Days of Our Lives actress slapped Today show anchor Craig Melvin mid-interview.
The two sisters entered the restaurant, ran behind the counter and attacked the 23-year-old employee after they were given a wrong order, prosecutors said, according to the outlet.
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Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
Hundreds of people have been killed in fighting between the two countries since February, when Afghanistan attacked Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan.
Israeli strikes hit several towns in southern Lebanon on Saturday morning local time, killing at least five people, Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported, despite Israel and Hezbollah renewing their truce Friday.
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Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
Temperatures are expected to soar on June 22 in parts of Oregon and Washington, possibly hitting 100 degrees in Portland and at least 90 degrees in Seattle.
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