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This approach enhances the adsorption of lithium polysulfides and accelerates their redox reactions, thereby mitigating the shuttle effect and improving overall kinetics.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025 -
The actress spoke out about reactions to the Paul Thomas Anderson film and her character, Perfidia Beverly Hills.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Luis Esteves, director of the Irvine Great Park, outlined the new rebates OCPA offered this year, including a $1,000 rebate for home battery storage, up to $1,000 for home EV chargers and free home energy efficiency kits.—
Hanna Kang,
Oc Register,
12 Sep. 2025
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According to Shapiro's office, 522,434 rebates totaling more than $319 million were sent to Pennsylvanians who submitted a rebate application in 2024.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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The officials allegedly collected bribes to allow passage of drugs through Venezuela.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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In the Oakland case, prosecutors say Thao accepted bribes from the Duongs in the form of political favors and a $95,000 no-show job for Jones.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
6 Nov. 2025
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In recent years, companies like Zara, Anthropologie and Patowl have faced similar backlashes over designs or motifs perceived as too similar to traditional works.—
Isa Cardona,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Tickets cost $28 for adults and $20 for children ages 3-12, with discounts available for military members and adults ages 65 and up.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Nov. 2025
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Best Clothing Deals Prime members are already racking up chic wardrobe wins for less—joggers start at just $6, while oversized sweaters and packable puffers ideal for chilly airport connections and winter sightseeing have steep discounts.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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The three-time AL save leader began providing the bettors with information about his pitches in 2023 but didn't ask for payoffs until this year, prosecutors said.—
NPR,
NPR,
9 Nov. 2025
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The first accounts of cheating and payoffs during exam week surfaced—a blow to the belief in fairness on which the whole system of guilds depended.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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The cascading legal rulings — plus the varying responses of each state to the shutoff — means people who rely on SNAP are in vastly different situations.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
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Fifty responses aired grievances with ACHD operations and management unrelated to impact fees or the capital improvement plan.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Nov. 2025
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President Joe Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act offered many incentives for the development of these alternative energy sources.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Germany scrapped incentives to boost purchases of fully electric vehicles about two years ago, a policy change that led to a sharp drop in demand for fully electric vehicles, initially.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Kickbacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kickbacks. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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