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Axios reporting indicates OpenAI remains on track to unveil its first hardware device in the second half of 2026.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026 -
Know that dropping a fancy name indicates next to nothing about the quality or the future of the relationship in question.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Liverpool book, King’s biography implies, was part of a painful, covert search for a different way to write.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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That implies that the stock could plunge 70%.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2026
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Historical precedent suggests 18-24 months between credibility-damaging foreign policy moments and electoral materialization.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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And these bonds may slow aging, a recent study suggests.—
Hasmik Kirakosyan,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, Dell notices the popularity of platforms that let people raise money, and the rise of the creator economy, where a person can be rewarded for putting their rawest self on display.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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One character, an undertaker, notices that death seems to have been suspended.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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For a more rigorous clean, McAdoo mentions that the mesh filter can usually be unscrewed and taken apart—make a point to paying attention to the order of the pieces for quicker reassembly.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
24 Jan. 2026
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The message does not specifically say which scene Baldoni is referring to but his lawsuit against Lively mentions tension over a rooftop scene in the film that Lively rewrote and presented to Baldoni as her own work before telling media outlets that her husband, Reynolds, actually wrote it.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Shi added that the company intends to gather more comprehensive customer feedback to further invest in the new product category.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Jan. 2026
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The region intends to use a variety of strategies to meet the increasing water needs, including connecting to existing supplies and new construction.—
Lana Ferguson,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Hints (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hints%20%28at%29. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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