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However, too much of anything is not a good thing, and excess cortisol can throw up a number of issues.—
Morgan Fargo,
Vogue,
24 June 2025 -
The site was visibly blackened by the degree of rubble thrown up by the strikes.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
23 June 2025
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Opened in 1911 to replace a predecessor that burned down in 1909, it was rebuilt with a water tank as storage for future firefighting efforts, Shingle said.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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The original hotel, built in 1893, was located on Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, and in 1931 was rebuilt on a city block that stretches between Park and Lexington Avenues, and 49th and 50th Streets.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025
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But most of these tools are horizontal, retrofitted, or inspiration-only.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Alaska Airlines is working to retrofit their fleet to meet the mandate and already has six airplanes that have 25-hour CVRs.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
24 June 2025
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The representative also confirmed that Bezos was covering the cost of the dismantling and reassembling.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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After the dig, the IAA’s conservation team restored, cleaned and reassembled the other fragments of the sarcophagus, revealing its central image: Dionysus, surrounded by his female followers, known as maenads, and half-man, half-goat satyrs.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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Another team reconstructed remnants of eighth-century-C.E. boats to test on the Charente River in France.—
Nora Bradford,
Scientific American,
25 June 2025
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Now, students will embalm bodies and reconstruct faces in spacious labs equipped with high-tech mortuary tools.—
Calista Oetama,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2025
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This gentle yet effective face wash combines the clarifying power of tea tree oil with salicylic acid to keep breakouts at bay without stripping your skin.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
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The configuration combines to produce 200 horsepower.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
22 June 2025
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This was the first ISS launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40, which SpaceX has been redeveloping to support future crewed missions in addition to KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 June 2025
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The city responded by redeveloping downtown in the mid-20th century, transforming the waterfront and surrounding areas into what is now Old Sacramento.—
Calista Oetama,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2025
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Under the system of graft O’Connor devised, out-of-town crooks checked in with an underworld go-between, who would collect their name, address and a cash bribe.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
28 June 2025
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In Season 3, Pink Guard No-eul devises a plan to rescue Gyeong-seok (Player 246) and get him safely off the island.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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