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hobnobber

noun

as in associate

a person frequently seen in the company of another the actor's agent is a hobnobber with a lot of big movie producers

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Large data centers also use a lot of electricity, which can destabilize the power grid and lead to outages, said Rachel Mural, a senior research associate at the Harvard Kennedy School.

— Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Public interest in the files has remained high amid longstanding speculation about Epstein’s associates and whether additional government records exist.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

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The need became more evident after the unexpected death of a City Hall colleague on February, a loss that deeply affected employees across the city, Salgado said.

— Verónica Egui Brito July 15, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
The circuit made by Coles and colleagues didn’t actually run on ambient noise, which was too low-level to affect the dynamics.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026

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Court documents state that Goldbourne met the girl through mutual friends and the two texted to plan a time to meet up.

— Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Her friend offered a cigarette and Cai, searching her brain for a reason to say no, couldn’t find one.

— Jessica M. Goldstein, Washington Post, 14 July 2026

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Most of Future’s peers in the post-Lil Wayne digital-trap era of the early 2010s, from fellow Atlanta stars Young Thug and 2 Chainz to Southern boldfaced names like Kodak Black and Kevin Gates, have faded back into the regional-rap morass.

— Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
After five rounds, only about 30 percent of the cells have inherited a full copy of the original genome, according to the team’s findings, which were reported on the preprint server bioRxiv and have not yet been peer-reviewed.

— Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 14 July 2026

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Apple Original Films has dropped the first trailer for Mayday, the upcoming action-buddy-comedy starring Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh ahead of its September 4 bow on Apple TV.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 14 July 2026
Creator Tessa Coates centers her buddy comedy on two women who are both very, very alike and very, very different.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

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