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Without access to many kitchen supplies, the women improvised, using wine bottles and shell casings as rolling pins and baking soda tins as cutters.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025 -
Walker also wanted Scherzer to execute his fastball and slider glove side, throw a strike-to-ball changeup and place his cutter at the top of the zone.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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In a video obtained by the Associated Press, the ship is first seen in the waters being circled by a lifeboat with emergency responders aboard.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Others, a lifeboat adrift in time.—
Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Bake in preheated oven, rotating pans top to bottom and flipping potatoes gently after 15 minutes, until tender and golden brown, about 25 minutes.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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In her tender debut short, writer-director Nishi Dugar delicately explores how children confront the first ripples of loss.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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Luckily, the zombies in 28 Years Later have yet to invent longboats, so the island society has been able to endure, albeit on a semi-permanent war footing.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
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Platoon after platoon scuffed down to the shoreline to clamber aboard gunboats, longboats, and six-oared, flat-bottomed bateaux.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
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The launch is above the first film, as well as Weapons, and more than 3x Smile 2 and Sinners.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
19 Oct. 2025
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Along with the launch, Aniston is helping Pvolve kick off the nationwide Strong for Fall Challenge, a three-week commitment to complete 10 strength-building workouts, and, for every challenge completed, Pvolve will donate $1 to Women in Medicine.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Long before Jane became president of the women’s auxiliary , the Salvation Army helped her with food and clothing.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Then, during World War II, at the age of 8, Anderson learned to knit from her mother and grandmother, who belonged to a knitting auxiliary, creating sweaters, vests, bed socks and more.—
Talia McWright,
Twin Cities,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The ship's captain ordered the crew to the yawl boat.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Captain William Griffin and his crew escaped, hopping on the ship’s yawl boat, in time to see the ship and its iron ore cargo vanish underwater.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
21 Sep. 2025
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Mules on the towpath along the canal could pull a heavy barge at a clip of 4 miles per hour – far faster than the job of dragging wagons over primitive roads.—
Christine Keiner,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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Much of the barge remains above water, albeit at a precarious angle.—
Heather Richardson,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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