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Bad things happen when an AI chatbot latches onto one of your neuroses.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
8 Apr. 2026 -
The moment echoes a growing trend of public service posts unexpectedly turning into viral fan-favorite moments, as viewers latch onto the personalities behind the uniforms.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
8 Apr. 2026
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In Pennsylvania, attorney Ben Post, whose firm is listed in court filings as defense counsel in 16 Prospect malpractice lawsuits, filed motions late last year seeking to clamp a stay on several malpractice cases.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
9 Apr. 2026
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Needing a stop, Aaron Gordon clamped De’Aaron Fox to force an air-ball at the shot clock buzzer.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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Huddled close in Orion, the four astronauts reached out to clasp hands as Glover finished speaking.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
6 Apr. 2026
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The oversized coat featured a single button along the collar, which Zendaya wore clasped over her cotton-poplin skirt, creating a voluminous silhouette with an airy effect.—
Staff Author,
InStyle,
4 Apr. 2026
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Bae carefully examines the cotton jacket before moving in to pin it, circling the customer like a sculptor with a chisel.—
Anne D’Innocenzio,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Lay it over the area, and use small garden stakes or staples to pin it in place.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
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Indeed, the first moon landing and the heroic return of Apollo 13 riveted people across the globe.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Pomona native and Cal Poly grad who flew Navy F-18s successfully launches as pilot of NASA’s riveting Artemis II mission around the moon, the first such voyage since the Apollo program in 1972.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Semi-screwed There’s a world in which Colby was the most screwed over by the rock draw — because Dee and Emily are friends who already played together, and both were aligned with Cirie — but that world is one in which he was not injured and likely limping out of the game anyway.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Apr. 2026
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As if she’d been presented with a tidy, screw-like riddle from the Sphynx.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
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Last week, before the court recessed for Easter, John briefly took the stand, legs and hands shackled and dressed in a khaki-colored prison uniform.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Many of the men were beheaded and women captured; Umar ibn Sa’d marched the spiked heads and shackled women through various towns on the way back to Caliph Yazid in Damascus to deter further protest.—
Mary Thurlkill,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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The four astronauts will be driven to the launch pad roughly 4 hours and 40 minutes before liftoff, and crews will help strap them into their seats aboard the Orion capsule.—
Charlie Gile,
NBC news,
1 Apr. 2026
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Targeting liftoff as early as next Wednesday, the quartet will strap into the spacecraft safe and sound thanks to the five people that are part of the closeout crew.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Hasp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hasp. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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