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Stop Sale lightning took out chicken wings and cooked boneless chicken wings measuring 55 and 52 degrees in a reach-in cooler apparently useless for keeping food at or under 41 degrees.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025 -
In 2007, while living in New York City, Bessent took out two mortgages on the same day, both for vacation homes.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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Then, in the early 2010s, fracking and horizontal drilling technology unlocked the deposits hiding in the shale bed and unleashed vast wealth that went beyond the county residents’ wildest dreams.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Equally, the ideas, dreams, and hopes unleashed by the Reformation shaped the Peasants’ War.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Gave way (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gave%20way%20%28to%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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