All along the far side of the canyon, a cluster of dots began to wink on, like fireflies cavorting in a field.
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New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child.
The Knicks had piled up massive scoring margins while romping through the Eastern Conference playoffs, then were just good enough in the two games in San Antonio.
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Brian Mahoney,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026
The outcome was one few anticipated, with Gray Davis romping to victory in the Democratic primary, then winning the governorship in a landslide.
Khoukhi, a 35-year-old who has been in the Qatari national team program since 2013, scored the historic goal by drilling the header while leaping over a Swiss defender.
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Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
Mann’s third feature, this is where his filmmaking took on a true supercharge, leaping ahead in style and intensity.
While the Qatari national team practiced at nearby PayPal Park Friday morning, Switzerland trained in San Diego early in the day before hopping on a plane and making the short flight to San Jose.
—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
Hirano puts this premature end to the rover's mission as being down to either something becoming damaged on LEV-1 by its hopping motion, or by LEV-1's battery depletion, either way preventing data from being relayed back to Earth.
During Costco's third quarter earnings call on May 28, company leaders revealed that several products across food, home, and sporting goods categories recently received price reductions.
—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
15 June 2026
In addition to wearing trendy capri pants, Lopez recently stepped out in a pair of open-toed mule heels similar to the style Collins was recently sporting.
By 2011, the New York City Police Department was stopping and frisking nearly 700,000 people a year, mostly in neighborhoods that were home to poor Black people and Latinos.
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Elizabeth Glazer,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
More than a decade ago, a federal court found that the New York City Police Department had been unconstitutionally stopping and frisking Black and Hispanic residents.
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