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as in dug in
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as in held on
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Butterflies, bees and other pollinators are also drawn to the numerous white to pink flowers, which are held on narrow spikes up to six inches long.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026 -
The display will be held on July 3, in partnership with state of South Dakota, the National Park Service announced on March 9.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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Honey would sit in the back reading books and doing homework while meetings carried on around her.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The standard-length base Ryder LT has a total payload of 1,140 kg (2,500 lb), 1,000 (2,200) of which can be carried on the flatbed itself.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Nets — who had lost their previous six games and nine of their last 11 — hung around, thanks in part to a strong initial shift by Josh Minott.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
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Johnson’s staying put is credited with being the reason most of SDSU’s top defenders hung around to turn around 2024’s 3-9 record to 2025’s 9-4 mark.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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Iran picked the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to become its next supreme leader and kept up attacks on the ninth day of the war in the Middle East.—
Angus Whitley,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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On Sunday, Iran kept up attacks on its neighbors during the ninth day of the war in the Middle East, hitting a water plant in Bahrain.—
Patrick Sykes,
Fortune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Dallas County Democrats are outraged after hundreds of people who waited hours to cast their ballots may have their votes rejected.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Pro soccer fans in the Treasure Valley waited a long time to have their own team to cheer.—
Amaia Gavica,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Mar. 2026
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Because of the cold, snow from the major winter storm in January also stuck around on the ground longer than normal.—
Tara Lynch,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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After an 8-9 season that invited promise in 2023, though, Paton went to a happy hour at Ocean Prime with Mauck, who marveled at the fact that the general manager had stuck around.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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The report is highly-awaited given last Friday’s hot wholesale inflation print, which pushed stocks lower.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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The 133-pound, Class 3A tournament awaited Thursday morning.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Hung on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung%20on. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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