The lawn’s early closure that year, which usually is done over the winter, coincided with peak fall foliage-viewing season, putting a prime spot for autumn leaf lovers off limits.
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Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
25 Sep. 2026
This year, there’s something for nearly every interest, from cheese lovers and bookworms to crafty adults and puzzle enthusiasts.
Rubio acknowledged the challenge posed by the severe threats to energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz but said that US military escorts to keep oil moving through the critical waterway will continue.
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Adrienne Vogt,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2026
Stahl, Yesh Din’s executive director, said Katz’s announcement wouldn’t change or help stem the violence because police will still require army escorts to operate in Palestinian areas.
The family soon moved to Kentucky, where Kingsolver’s parents, high-school sweethearts, had been born and raised, and settled in the small town of Carlisle, where another daughter was born.
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Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2026
Lois and Billy were childhood sweethearts and had been in a relationship since the age of 16.
One of our husbands is an emergency physician and has filled out many.
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Jess Steier,
STAT,
25 Sep. 2026
Leaving their husbands behind at the White House, the first ladies visited the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art in a display of soft power that united two figures known for fusing style and diplomacy.
On the sundeck, for example, candy floats in the resin bar top and Murano glass sweets sit on the front of the hot tub.
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Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
23 Sep. 2026
In the village of Elos near Chania, chestnut celebrations in late October or early November put roasted nuts and sweets preserved in syrup on the table.
Whether these ads were meant to imply that clutching and shifting was too physical for women, too unladylike, or just too complex for the little dears is not clear.
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