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And yes, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-9), Saturday’s make-or-break opponent, have been in a free fall for the past two months — after starting 5-1 with wins over Houston, Seattle and San Francisco.—
Mike Kaye
December 31,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Dec. 2025 -
Saks Global’s make-or-break moment has come.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
29 Dec. 2025
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At the climactic sally, six aerial bombs were dropped; none scored a direct hit, but their detonations damaged the hull so severely that the ship sank in 21 minutes.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2026
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That lack of forward momentum is exactly what has made Stranger Things’s final season so far feel strangely anti-climactic.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
30 Dec. 2025
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Published in Aerospace Science and Technology, the study describes that the Accurate prediction of aerodynamic drag characteristics across a wide range of wing-body configurations is crucial in the early design stages of transonic commercial transport aircraft.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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On Wednesday, investigators recovered the plane’s black boxes — the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder — which could hold crucial information about what led to the disaster.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Children as young as 14 are some of the last victims to be identified following the apocalyptic fire that broke out at a bar in Switzerland on New Year's that killed 40 people, authorities said.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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The damage is done, and the damage appears to be darn-near apocalyptic.—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Dec. 2025
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Keeping high-ethylene producers away from climacteric fruits can keep them from ripening too quickly.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
15 July 2025
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For this reader, roughly the same age as Sam Raymond, there is uncommon pleasure in the paradoxes of this climacteric tale.—
Claire Messud,
Harper's Magazine,
22 June 2021
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This trend accelerated in December as the flag state emerged as a critical shield against drone strikes and vessel seizures.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The musical movies have received critical acclaim, and the second film earned five total nominations at this year's Globes — one more than the 2025 Golden Globes.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be strengthened by movement information more than those made via basal synapses.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, the opposite was happening in the apical dendrites: The difference in their response to unexpected stimuli increased over time.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Nov. 2021
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“Go-no-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go-no-go. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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