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Recent Examples of grossingBroadway‘s Chicago, with Whitney Leavitt starring as Roxie Hart, continued its record-setting box office streak last week, with the musical revival grossing $1,457,931, the highest gross in the show’s 29-year history.—Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026 Topline Movie theaters just had their lowest-grossing summer in three years, as this year’s total barely fell below last summer’s gross as moviegoing cooled in August, despite early analyst expectations that this summer could have been a return to box office glory.—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Poorer households, defined as those earning less than $40,000, cut their gas consumption by 7%, the report found, but still spent 12% more on gas in March.
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Christopher Rugaber,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
To tow the car five miles and hold it at a towing site cost $430, which if someone is earning only the minimum wage is a lot of money.
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Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
For 25 years now, whenever ailing sea turtles are stranded and rescued from regional waters (caught in netting, injured by a boat prop or shark attack, accidentally hooked by a fisherman, or stunned by a cold front), they are brought here for care, recuperation, and a second chance at life.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
This year's harvest level reflects a slight decline in the adult walleye population recorded during last fall's assessment netting.
But by the mid-1920s, Ireland’s focus shifted to garnering a greater sense of stability.
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Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
The disinterest by investors in garnering liquidity at a steep discount comes amid a quarter that saw elevated redemptions across most private-credit, non-traded BDCs.
After obtaining his Carleen diploma, Bazile had to take the NCLEX, which 86% of people pass on the first try, five times before finally passing.
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Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
The district will also work toward making sure all secondary literacy teachers are in the process of obtaining ESL certification, and building a foundation of skills that can help support language development within normal curriculum.
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Samuel O’Neal
May 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 May 2026
The tree may look small now, but realizing you’ve chosen a tree that’s grown too large for your fence line can be an expensive fix 20 years down the road.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
Their system isn't intuitive, and common misconceptions leave people exposed without realizing it.
According to Norfolk State, Lucas became an assistant professor at the school in 1994, managing research efforts and procuring federal aid for retraining programs to offset military and defense industry downsizing in the region.
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Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
Germany and Norway are jointly procuring submarines and have a joint missile program, while Canada is in talks with Germany’s TKMS over the purchase of 12 new submarines.
Aspen Wooten, a talented tennis prodigy who moved from Memphis to Lake Nona with her family as a ninth grader, had accomplished just about everything available in her four-year high school career — including winning more than 100 matches.
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Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
Schindler also put down the winning kill in both games for the Knights (16-5, 1-1).