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With those turbulent waters somewhat behind us, the ones under the ship claim another victim, and poor Britani runs off to throw up over the side of the boat.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025 -
Instead of calling 911 immediately after his daughter was unconscious, Reed searched YouTube for information on how to make a child throw up and tried to get naloxone, a medication that can be used to reverse opioid overdoses, delivered via DoorDash, according to the affidavit.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Nov. 2025
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In return, New York acquired multiple first-round picks in 2026 and 2027, signaling a willingness to accumulate early picks and target premium prospects in a bold move to rebuild from the ground up.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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Morgan Stanley lowered its rating on shares to equal weight from overweight and cut its price target $81 from $179, saying the company’s new efforts to rebuild its offerings will take time.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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Another attractive point of the system is that existing drum motors can be retrofitted with the new technology.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Oct. 2025
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The bills would give local governments the authority to set stricter fire safety rules, such as requiring landlords to retrofit older buildings with sprinklers.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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The pic follows a bank robber (Eastwood) and his irreverent sidekick (Bridges) who reassemble their old posse for a daring new heist.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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Rather than scrap the rides, park officials can opt to dismantle, pack up, ship and reassemble them elsewhere.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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At Dia, the cage has been reconstructed in full, complete with Hsieh’s boots and his tally marks gouged into the wall.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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It was later taken over by the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, who restored and reconstructed many parts.—
Fred He,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Sessegnon and Jimenez attack that vacated area in a bid to combine, but Bassey’s delivery from the back gets intercepted by Santiago Bueno.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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They’re combined with a non-toxic, hypoallergenic down alternative filling, creating a plush and luxurious sleeping experience that’s designed for back, side, and stomach sleepers.—
Megan Schaltegger,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Similarly, the city was planning to ask voters to green-light their efforts to redevelop Miami Marine Stadium — an iconic waterfront property — before the plan was derailed at the 11th hour last month.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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It’s slated to be Netflix’s next big base, with the company breaking ground earlier this year to redevelop hundreds of acres for a massive $848 million production facility.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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Last summer, researchers devised a method to translate internal representations of sentences from one language model to another.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Jan. 2026
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Of all the schemes that humans have devised to keep sea lions from gorging on the salmon of the Columbia River basin, none has worked for long.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Jerry-build.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jerry-build. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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