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By making sweeping changes to the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule, America’s top health leaders are recklessly maximizing the threat from previously common diseases and dismissing our collective role in preventing them.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026 -
However, if a board member acts recklessly, maliciously, or beyond their authority, they could be held personally liable.—
Gary Singer,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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Seeking revenge, Onimaru impulsively picks up a demonic sword in a shortcut to power, setting off a grand adventure.—
Kambole Campbell,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2025
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After spending weeks volunteering at her local nursing home, Angela can’t help but sympathize with her former father-in-law and impulsively decides to move him into her home with Tommy.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
7 Dec. 2025
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Moreover, Elliott does not act impetuously in its activism.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
6 Dec. 2025
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Once doctors hurriedly removed the dangerous tumor growing on his brain, a weeklong hospital stay, months of therapy, and nearly $250,000 worth of medical expenses followed.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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But as rumors swirled that the gang was on its way to launch another assault, merchants in the market could be seen hurriedly packing their goods.—
Ychmuth Corneille,
Miami Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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New iterations and versions of AI systems have caused usage fees to fall precipitously, which the AVA team sees as a key advantage of AI tools given limited court budgets.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
3 Jan. 2026
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After decades of successful cooperation on fighting drug trafficking and transnational crime, relations between Colombia and the United States are at a historic nadir and precipitously getting worse.—
KEVIN WHITAKER,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Dec. 2025
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Both teachers’ absences — and the district’s handling of the fallout — have sparked a months-long uproar, with parents alleging the district acted rashly and with little transparency.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Dive headfirst into the cool Mediterranean Sea from Plage des Marinières and lunch by the water at Casa Soleia's private beach club.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Dec. 2025
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Garza says that the man went in headfirst, but the box started to close on top of him.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
25 Nov. 2025
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Protests were hastily planned in cities across the country after federal officials confirmed Wednesday that Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was fatally shot during an immigration operation.—
Jamie Landers,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The bill Newsom signed was in response to a law lawmakers hastily passed at the end of the 2024 legislative session, watering down the state’s 55-year-old landmark lemon law.—
CalMatters,
Oc Register,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Headily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headily. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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