La Cañada resident Trent Sanders, who frequently dings California’s liberal politicos in emails to me and my colleagues, thinks Trump is generally on the right track three months into his term, but with a few caveats.
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Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
Each application requires the card issuer or lender to pull your credit report, which results in a hard inquiry on your report and dings your credit score a few points.
In time, Ian started laughing at other things too: stories Eve made up about a cantankerous Russian named Boris, the word debris, pots clanging, keys jangling.
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Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2025
Next came a series of crashes and bangs, pots clanging and a thwacking sound like a broom hitting the floor.
And that repeating first couplet — which comprises six of the poem’s 18 lines and occupied the first day of this challenge — will surely jingle in your pocket for a long time to come.
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A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
Men dressed as 1880s gunfighters are forever clomping up and down wooden sidewalks with jingling spurs and holstered revolvers on their belts.
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Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
This was a trial that would surely force many SUVs and pick-ups to tinkle a puddle of oil in fear—a steep volcano climb.
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Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
The background music, pleasantly tinkled nightly by a real person sitting at a real piano, mixes in pop melodies alongside the Broadway classics and jazz standards.
Also, as a southerner, this brings me right back to my childhood, hearing the way the ice cubes clink against the glass or pitcher of iced tea.
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Carrie Honaker,
Southern Living,
21 May 2025
After more than two centuries clinking in pockets, lining dusty piggy banks and being flung into fountains along with a wish, the U.S. penny is preparing for retirement.
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