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That memo, which was heavily redacted, indicates that the administration, for now, has no plans to ramp up military operations in Venezuela.—
Stephen Groves,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026 -
The agency has not yet assigned a recall classification, which typically indicates how serious a potential health risk may be.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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The firm's new price target of $605 implies 17% upside from Thursday's close.—
Liz Napolitano,Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
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This tells us that if P being true implies Q being true, then Q being false implies P also must be false.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Nov. 2025
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Half a glance at the international news suggests that major Faustian bargains are occurring at a breakneck pace, all around the world, many by untroubled parties.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Stories for the waiting room A new study out of Texas A&M suggests that just 20 minutes of exercise twice a week may help slow dementia.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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In the first ad, which debuted in early January, a man notices a woman smiling at him from down the bar.—
Rahul Goyal,
Fortune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Kim notices a row of objects lined up on one side of the kitchen table.—
Sadia Shepard,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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The property description mentions the legend, but research came up with little or no evidence of a historical pirate by that specific name.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Law mentions restaurants Chive Blossom, Bistro 217, and Frank’s Outback, art galleries featuring the work of local artists, and Downtown Pawleys.—
Lyn Riddle,
Boston Herald,
11 Jan. 2026
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The company intends to move away from the low-volume manufacturing typical of the aviation industry.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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OpenAI intends to build and deploy at least 10 gigawatts of AI data centers with Nvidia’s systems.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
9 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 17 Jan. 2026.
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