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as in held on
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Wenger was held on a $250,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on May 4.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026 -
Those arrested included the leader of the Coalition to Save the Ridglan Dogs, Wayne Hsiung, 44, of New York, who was being held on a tentative felony charge of conspiracy to commit burglary.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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And so Lobanov and Stetsenko carried on with their plans, exchanging vows at the Palace of Culture and then heading to a nearby café with their guests to celebrate.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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The tradition has carried on, however, as an unsanctioned event on the beach for decades, and has primarily been marketed to HBCU students in the southeast.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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Mainly behind Harper and Scheierman, Boston’s reserves hung around early, falling behind by double digits midway into the second quarter and then rallying behind a 3-point shooting barrage (9 of 16) in the third quarter to outscore the Magic 42-20 in the period and open a 94-81 lead.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Led by their unbeatable freshman goalie, the Pioneers hung around.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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And in the eighth, center fielder Andy Pages kept up his red-hot offensive start to the season with an RBI single into left field for insurance.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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And while home prices have gone up 300% since 1990, incomes have not kept up, only rising by roughly half that amount.—
Jo Ling Kent,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the Thunder rested and waited.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Relatives and friends of prisoners waited outside the main gate at Insein Prison, in the northern outskirts of Yangon, since morning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Gray had played parts of three seasons in the majors but had just 122 at-bats to his name and hadn’t stuck around in the big leagues for a sustained period of time.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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Peterson stuck around for another season before transferring to Ole Miss this past offseason.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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Stefan Pildes, 50, of Hewitt, New Jersey, was arrested on Wednesday and awaited an appearance in Manhattan federal court, where an indictment charging him with wire fraud was unsealed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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For 30 years, scientists — including some scientists who worked on both missions — awaited this data from Cassini to see just what was going on around Saturn’s north pole.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Hung on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung%20on. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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