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Zach Pop threw 46 pitches in two outings and only 23 of them were strikes.—
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Neto swung at 25% of pitches in the chase zone last year.—
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Most important for companies considering replacing patches of their workforce with AI, the MIT data suggests AI struggles to perform more complicated tasks.—
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Peet plays a therapist who struggles with her own mental health and the health and familial changes that occur during midlife.—
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“Hammers (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammers%20%28away%29. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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