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The vessel had been ice-locked since January in the Weddell Sea, and by October’s end, the ice had torn off the rudder, ripped the keel, broken the deck beams in the engine room and punched holes in the sides of the boat.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025 -
In these birds, the sternum bears a keel that provides additional attachment for the muscles that power the flight stroke.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
16 Sep. 2025
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And on a barge with 30 elephants on the bank and the sun setting and birds flying over and hippos in the water.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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And on a barge with 30 elephants on the bank and the sun setting and birds flying over and hippos in the water.—
Janelle Ash , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Instead, Priester left a cutter over the heart of the plate and Crow-Armstrong pulled it on a line to right.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Behind your curious browsing is one bobbed and bleary-eyed writer searching for the best October Prime Day deals with a ferocity known only to coupon-cutters.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
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The ship's captain ordered the crew to the yawl boat.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Captain William Griffin and his crew escaped, hopping on the ship’s yawl boat, in time to see the ship and its iron ore cargo vanish underwater.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
21 Sep. 2025
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Roberts garnered her first Oscar nomination for this tender, episodic comedy-drama about several generations of women in a small Louisiana town, bonding around a local beauty parlor run by Dolly Parton.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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Steak ‘n Shake announced in January that by the end of February, all locations would end the use of vegetable oil and switch to 100% all-natural beef tallow for its fries, onion rings and chicken tenders.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
10 Oct. 2025
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The process feels more like a quick peel than a painful tug, leaving skin smooth in just minutes.—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
8 Oct. 2025
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Together, these breakthroughs promise a safe, compact, ready-to-use seaworthy fuel supply that can potentially fuel fishing fleets, coastal ferries, tug boats, and other harbour service vessels, reported Fuel Cell Works.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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Others are banned entirely, including strike anywhere matches, torch lighters, and flammable aerosols like spray paint.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Aug. 2025
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Guns, knives, lighters and cop cars are seen during a series of intense fast cuts.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 July 2025
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Being stranded at sea on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger doesn’t necessarily sit at the top of most people’s list.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Sep. 2025
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For a good part of the show, the action takes place with the four leads onstage confined to a lifeboat.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Hoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoy. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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