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Again, should these residents of our great city be forced to yield the right of way to a delivery bot motoring down the sidewalk?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026 -
The two men high-fived and then put the fish in the livewell before motoring back to the dock to call the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s ShareLunker program.—
Kubie Brown,
Outdoor Life,
4 Mar. 2026
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Both are fair concerns – driving from Michigan to Florida would be a challenge for anyone.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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Police say Clark and friend Caleb Vazquez, 18, fatally shot three men outside the Islamic Center of San Diego late Monday morning before driving several blocks away and killing themselves.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
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In response, staff proposed cutting up to five meetings per commission in the next fiscal year, along with other cost-saving measures such as freezing community ambassador stipends, to help close the city’s projected $66 million budget gap.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026
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Misael eating meat alone, cutting up pieces with an enormous knife while barely lit by the flames in front of him, and, sporadically, almost-silent lightning bursts in the distant background.—
Vadim Rizov,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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The team were meek in defeat, but after a weekend carousing and communing in central London, Newcastle fans arrived at Wembley with a collective hangover.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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But that doesn’t add much beyond three crusty Báthory ancestors carousing drunkenly in their coffins.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
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This San Diego company is hacking those DNA directions in plants — genetically engineering crops to carry more favorable traits.—
Noelle Harff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Some estimate that in one evening, 100,000 smart cards were destroyed, removing 98 percent of the hacking communities’ ability to steal their signal.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 May 2026
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Connecticut’s top Banana will be dancing and prancing from the ballpark to the ballroom.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
13 May 2026
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The Aztecs won 89-86 before an electric home crowd on a night that had 12 ties and 11 lead changes and seemed like five against six sometimes with the way UNLV coach Josh Pastner was prancing around the floor in a suit and tie while the ball was in play.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Both companies are racing for the public market, with SpaceX expected to disclose its prospectus as soon as this week, ahead of what could be a record offering next month.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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The company is racing to have Starship ready for next year’s revamped Artemis III mission, which calls for Starship’s upper stage to rendezvous with NASA’s Orion capsule — the same vehicle that carried the Artemis II astronauts around the moon last month — while orbiting Earth.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
17 May 2026
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In addition to both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top R&B Albums tallies, the Grammy winner for Album of the Year returns to the summit on the Vinyl Albums roster, leaping from third place.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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But after leaping and stretching his torso over the top of the wall, the ball fell just out of his reach.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2026
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“Joyriding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyriding. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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