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Last weekend, coincidentally, threw up another callback.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025 -
But from this not unreasonable edifice, Williams throws up an enormous scaffolding of enemies, which comes to encompass anyone and everyone engaging in some form or another of collective action.—
Book Marks
August 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 2025
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That no longer exists today and cannot be easily or quickly rebuilt.—
MARGARET MACMILLAN,
Foreign Affairs,
21 July 2025
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The actress appears to be rebuilding her confidence and finding it after her divorce.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
21 July 2025
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The initial rollout will see ANA’s existing Dreamliners retrofitted with the new cabins, with the rest to follow on future deliveries.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
29 July 2025
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After the Exxon Valdez spill in March 1989, Crowley invested $1.5 billion to retrofit its fleet of smaller tankers to add double hulls.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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It was built, carved and painted by artisans there and shipped to Colorado, where it was reassembled.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
1 Aug. 2025
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Plaques and medallions that had been designed to separate into halves — so one half could launch on Apollo and the other on Soyuz — were reassembled in space.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
17 July 2025
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The doc reconstructs the 2009 murder of indigenous activist Javier Chocobar, leader of the Chuschagasta indigenous community in northern Argentina by a white landowner.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
23 July 2025
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Visitors can explore the fort, which is a replica of the original and is one of few forts reconstructed to its actual size.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
22 July 2025
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When deaths from heat and cold are combined, Europe has close to 50 times as many deaths as the U.S. — as many as 250,000 to 500,000 more deaths every year.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 July 2025
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The heat index combines air temperature and relative humidity to measure what the heat feels like to the human body.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
28 July 2025
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The site of a former Olive Garden in Scottsdale is being redeveloped into a senior living project called the Osborn, which will include 226-units in Old Town Scottsdale.—
Corina Vanek,
AZCentral.com,
19 July 2025
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Historic tax credits are being used to redevelop the 100-plus-year-old warehouses.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 July 2025
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As the Panthers’ general manager from 2013 to just before the 2017 season began, Gettleman devised the rosters that pushed Carolina to four playoff berths in five years.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
17 July 2025
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Participants identify challenges in their communities and devise local, innovative solutions to address them.—
Cynthia Tully,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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