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The footage shows officers laughing and smiling once Smallwood starts retching, then throws up, the lawsuit notes.—
Julia Marnin,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2025 -
Dina stumbles from the trees, clearly horrified, and throws up.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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But does essentially neglecting your face actually work to rebuild the skin?—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
12 May 2025
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And the opportunity to rebuild around Alcántara, who is the No. 5 prospect in the Cubs' system, should intrigue them.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Airport staff dedicated hundreds of hours over the past year to retrofit nearly 200 light fixtures and overhaul lighting programming to meet strict criteria for responsible outdoor lighting.—
Valerie Stimac,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Trump struck a deal with Boeing in his first term to retrofit two 747s to serve as the next Air Force One aircraft.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
1 May 2025
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To look at him in his grave, however artfully reassembled, is to look squarely at this fact.—
Emily Harnett,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Long disassembled and stored in eight separate crates since it was removed from the ground floor of Horton Plaza in 2018, the clock is slowly being reassembled while supporters raise money to display it once again.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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According to Renner, as part of his recovery, doctors had to reconstruct his chest and one of his legs using titanium.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2025
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Miller’s inability to recall the day’s events inspired Mendoza to reconstruct them meticulously.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
7 May 2025
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No duo combined for more goals than Poulin and Stacey during the regular season.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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But now Korn are opening for a girl who combines the best of Britney and Korn — a freak off the leash.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2025
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To help negate Irvine’s loss of open space from redeveloping the golf course, Irvine Co. also proposes donating to the city its avocado groves and nearby land in northern Irvine.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
7 May 2025
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The Park District initially plans to redevelop 90 acres of the Howe center.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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Solving problems like the most efficient way to use an aircraft cargo hold, or helping devise the next generation of long-term storage batteries, is only part of the IonQ mission.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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President Trump's tariffs are upending retailer supply chains, forcing them to devise workarounds.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
9 May 2025
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“Jerry-build.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jerry-build. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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