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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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Turner recommends reflective tape or holographic deterrents hung around garden perimeters.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
16 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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Over the years, however, the cap hasn’t kept up with wage growth among high earners.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
25 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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Seventh Round The Eagles waited until the seventh round to address safety, a spot that’s an apparent need in the starting lineup.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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And having waited for three days in the NFL's green room backstage, Heidenreich emerged in his Full Dress Blue uniform worn by midshipmen at formal functions.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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The next inning, Miller and Stewart gave everyone who stuck around until the end their money’s worth.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
16 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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Leveraging this method has long been awaited by cosmologists, but only in recent years has data for both the CMB and for large-scale structure surveys become robust enough to yield a meaningful result like this.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
21 Apr. 2026
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Parades, celebratory banquets and question-and-answer sessions with local students awaited space explorers who visited the city.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Hung on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung%20on. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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