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Why the quest will fall short And finally Shohei Ohtani hits three homers and strikes out 10 in Game 4 of the 2025 NLCS.
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Perfect Tom strikes out once again, not on the look but on the flavors.
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Fertilizer Because of the frequent watering, which washes out nutrients, potted peppers need more fertilizer than garden plants.
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If the caffeine has already moved further along, doctors may use a laxative or a gastric lavage, which washes out the stomach through a tube.
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Tapping into the sporting zeitgeist, the slapstick animation, sees Daffy Duck confounded when Elmer Fudd fails to turn up for duck hunting season.
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An extended car warranty can save electric vehicle (EV) owners thousands of dollars when a critical component, such as an electric motor or battery management system, fails unexpectedly.
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Rather than catching Max in the act that sent him to prison, Sam is Max's public defender who intentionally tanks the case.
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But the lesson from AOL-Time Warner holds that promised big synergies can sour into integration problems that drive up expenses instead, so that the combination of paying a huge price, and getting negative savings, tanks the stock.
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But the story misses a scary thing about Big Tech.
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When a race team misses a shipment, the impact is immediate.
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Nothing majorly dramatic happens, no one flames out in the kitchen, no dish is an absolute failure.
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Wings that shot flames out of them.
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Canvas collapses what has typically been a fragmented production chain into a single workspace.
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If the cost of producing a complex tax plan collapses toward zero, what exactly is the client paying for—and who keeps the fee?
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During the January oral arguments, a majority sounded ready to rule that the law flunks the historical tradition test.
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“Goes under.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goes%20under. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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