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The bill will force cities in large counties in the state to allow projects on properties within one-half mile of certain transit stops, even on land that is not zoned for residential use, or face a fine for violating state law.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025 -
San Diego City Councilmember Jennifer Campbell has admitted violating city record-keeping rules during her 2022 re-election campaign and agreed to pay a $300 fine to resolve the case brought by the San Diego Ethics Commission.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Russia has been desperate to offset the loss of its European market after invading Ukraine.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Channeling history, Putin has staked a key part of his pretext for invading Ukraine on the claim that neo-Nazi ideology was gaining ground in the neighboring state also viewed as the next potential frontier for NATO expansion.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Last month, he was acquitted in a separate case of breaching the country’s strict royal defamation laws.—
Phisanu Phromchanya,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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In a photo released by the company, a pair of the whales can be seen breaching the choppy surface, pointing their smooth, tapered heads into the air.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Workers aren’t necessarily worried about AI impinging on their jobs – a large majority, 80%, view AI technologies, including gen AI, as more of an opportunity than a threat.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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When arthritis pain flares up, the area around the offending joint becomes inflamed and slightly acidic.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Sep. 2025
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The optimal solution for economic self-harm is not to conjure an elaborate rebate mechanism but to scale back the offending tariffs at the first opportunity.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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And yet, this same reliance on sound that makes their communication so spectacular, leaves them especially vulnerable to anthropogenic noise intruding into their environment.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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Mitchell, in contrast, subsumes himself into his subjects, seldom intruding on the surface of his own prose.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
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This vindicated the Big Bang model, entrenching it as the scientific origin of our Universe.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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Overly sweeping privacy laws have the unintended consequence of entrenching incumbents.—
Joel Thayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Infringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infringing. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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