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Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years, but no one has been more outspoken in throwing up roadblocks designed to keep the center from opening than Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026 -
Started throwing up to get rid of unwanted food.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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For Mike, who's turning 77 years old next month, the memory of rebuilding after the Tubbs Fire still weighs heavily.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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Jokiharju would be better off with a chance to be a regular with the rebuilding San Jose Sharks.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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But retrofitting the Warriors to be viable moving forward makes for an honorable lasting imprint.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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Boeing has been retrofitting 747s originally built for a now-defunct Russian airliner.—
Jonathan J. Cooper,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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The maps are created by combining satellite imagery that detects sargassum in the open ocean with models that track ocean currents.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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By combining fleet data with external weather information, the company has developed higher-resolution maps of conditions such as coastal fog, particularly in places like San Francisco and Phoenix, where weather can shift sharply over short distances.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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Studios of that era didn’t track it, the data was never compiled, and reconstructing the precise composition of a 1930s production team is mostly guesswork.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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This is likely because surviving injury would have mattered more than perfectly reconstructing tissue months later.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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The family cat has been missing for week, compounding the agony of losing her 7-year-old son Kakeru in a freak accident two years before, but Otone puts it to one side and continues with her latest project, designing a bespoke home for a fussy married couple.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
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Momcozy has leaned into this shift by designing products that prioritize both function and form.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026
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Those ping-pong balls are then placed in a plastic drum designed by Smartplay International, a company that specializes in devising lottery machines.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
11 May 2026
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Prosecutors have also alleged that while out on bond, Gilley discussed plans to flee the country and obtain a new identity, including inquiries about securing foreign identification and devising a plan to remove his GPS monitor.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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“Jerry-building.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jerry-building. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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