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as in held on
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as in signed (up or on)
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Rivera-Estrada is accused of multiple felony offenses tied to manslaughter and child abuse and was held on a $100,000 bond, but county prosecutors did not file charges, and she was released from local custody before being taken into ICE custody on an immigration detainer.—
Eric Mack,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026 -
The campuswide commencement ceremony that celebrated all the undergraduate and graduate students was held on Saturday at Memorial Stadium on the University of California, Berkeley campus.—
Laura A. Oda,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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The homeowners became angry and disarmed Renteria, cleared the gun, and kicked him off the property.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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Sure, please come to this ring, sign this contract so that you’re guaranteed to get your a-- kicked at Clash in Italy.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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The Musical’ The cartoon character Betty Boop from the 1930s takes the spotlight of a stage musical that ran on Broadway in 2025.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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Creuzot, a former state district judge and pioneer of diversion programs that steer low-level offenders from prison into rehabilitation programs, ran on his record.—
Gromer Jeffers Jr,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Various engineers seeking superior grip performance have employed biomimicry in their designs, which have been inspired by seed pods, elephant trunks, lobster tails (in fact, using actual lobster tails), and, of course, octopus limbs.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 May 2026
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More than 50 young Made in Italy professionals have been trained in recent years, with more than 80 percent currently employed by OTB.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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The man continued moving around inside the fountain even as police ordered him to get out, according to the outlet.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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Even without funding for the security component ‒ and amid legal uncertainty ‒ construction on the ballroom has continued.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Remaining crew members then took on supplies and set course for the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the ship’s operator Oceanwide Expeditions said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Caro had joined Warners in April 2024, and took on his previous post in January 2025 after Alberto Carullo, then VP of Productions for Italy and Iberia at what was then Max, left WBD to join Mediaset.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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During this seemingly very important meeting, however, Altman claimed that Musk held up talks by making everyone look at memes with him.—
Maggie Harrison Dupré,
Futurism,
14 May 2026
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In late 2024, the Federal Emergency Management Administration did agree to fund a $42-million buyout program for about 20 homes ruined by the land movement, but that money remains held up in a long approval process, Mihranian said.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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The rooms The eight villas—of which four have views of the Philippine Sea and the ‘Naked Island’ sandbank on the horizon—have largely retained their pre-typhoon blueprint and wood-and-wicker decor.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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The new map retained only one district that would have been considered competitive in the 2024 presidential election.—
Ashley Wu,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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“Kept (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kept%20%28on%29. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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