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This was, after all, a 10-10 ball game deep into the second quarter.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025 -
The post featured a photo of his older child wearing a Seattle Mariners baseball jersey at a ball game.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Tanzania’s Alphonce Felilx Simbu won the world marathon championship via an incredible photo finish.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes, awards voting can be a photo finish.—
Daniel R. Epstein,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Barrett's is one of 18 seats viewed as a toss-up by nonpartisan election handicapper The Cook Political Report, .—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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The Cook Political Report, which monitors elections nationwide, classifies the race as a pure toss-up.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Agents involved in the kneeling said they were caught between orders to avoid confrontation and the reality of facing angry crowds, sources told Reuters.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Freddie is a counterpoint to Daniel Plainview, a similarly alchemical creation, but one who’s all id, at one point driving away from Dodd across the salt flats and leaving him for years, and then finding his way back to his side for a confrontation that feels like a dream.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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The titan Chronos, patriarch to all the gods, returns to get revenge for his imprisonment at the hands of his children, taking control of Tartarus and simultaneously waging war on the mortal world via Mount Olympus.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Mature private capital markets and strategic acquirers with heavy war-chests allow companies to stay private for longer, or forever.—
Aman Ghei,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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On the right, United States international Chris Richards has grown in assurance, particularly in his ability to win aerial duels.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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One of the weirdest races in their duels was the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which saw them both experience a tough run of luck completely independent from each other.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Winged munition autonomously detects moving targets Raytheon also highlighted that the StormBreaker smart weapon gives operators an upper hand in combat by hitting moving targets in some of the worst weather conditions.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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While the course material helps teach media-literacy, being in-person allows seniors to engage with others in a social setting, a benefit that can also help combat misinformation.—
Suzi Morales,
Parents,
25 Sep. 2025
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Still, the level of play Prescott has been at has the Cowboys believing in contention.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Wild can still be a playoff team despite that because of their strong team defense, but Gustavasson at his best could be what pushes them toward contention.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Horse race.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horse%20race. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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