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For a brand that thrives on success at its home circuit, the performance was another reminder of their ongoing challenges and the inconsistencies in their competitiveness.—
Kanzah Maktoum,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Kicking performance leaves more questions The Boise State coaching staff has talked about inconsistencies in the kicking game throughout fall camp, and that was on full display on Friday.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
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This often leads to incompatibility between vendors’ equipment, raising integration costs and risking IT and facility lifecycle mismatch.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Aug. 2025
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This incompatibility often requires significant upgrades, workarounds or custom interfaces that must be designed and built.—
John Clemons,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Likewise, the airy comedy (boosted by Thomas Newman’s sprightly if familiar-sounding score) insists on the seeming incongruity between the film’s lovely setting and its darker subject matter.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
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In contemplating the religious system of the Aztecs, one is struck with its apparent incongruity, as if some portion of it had emanated from a comparatively refined people, open to gentle influences, while the rest breathes a spirit of unmitigated ferocity.—
Sebastian Purcell
August 18,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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Puberty blockers, which cause no permanent changes, are used to pause irreversible physical changes while families consider what care is appropriate for a child with gender incongruence.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
24 July 2025
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The Tennessee law, like ones in some 20 other states, prohibits medical providers from prescribing puberty-delaying medication, offering hormone therapy or performing surgery to treat the psychological distress caused by incongruence between experienced gender and that assigned at birth.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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The border cold war finally thawed, and over the next decade-plus the schools slowly renewed acquaintances in several sports, including men’s basketball.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
31 Aug. 2025
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Some of the largest states in the union are currently engaged in a cold war over the House of Representatives, which the Republicans hold with a single-digits majority.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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In January, nearly two years into Todd and Julie's respective 12-year and seven-year sentences, Chase had his own run-in with the law when he was taken into custody and charged with simple battery after allegedly striking the manager of an Atlanta-area sports bar in the face.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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However, the first time intra-league matchups could occur, the tournament produced an all-MLS run-in, with each MLS team knocking out their Mexican opponents in the quarterfinals.—
James Nalton,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The quarrel continued to escalate, spurring Ates to send the man his location.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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After getting into a quarrel with the passenger, Millise stabbed him in the right torso and slashed the left side of his face with a knife.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
20 Aug. 2025
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Fire Chief Josh Gordon said the decision wasn’t the result of any ill will among the three departments but rather reflected the needs of a growing city that wants to focus more on its own priorities.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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There doesn’t seem to be ill will, with GM and player saying publicly there is a path forward.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Inconsonance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconsonance. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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