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Instead, the playbook is straightforward – identify a problem, then propose an overly restrictive governing scheme that couches the political favoritism as a beneficial expansion of the regulatory state.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Osmond, now seventy-seven, sleeps no more than four hours a night.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
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Technology never sleeps, however.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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Bowe nods yes, and Knight then slips the ring on her finger.—
John Wawrow,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Joe Staley starred on the offensive line at Central Michigan and earned six Pro Bowl nods with the San Francisco 49ers and was named to the NFL’s All-Decade team for the 2010s.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Lies (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lies%20%28down%29. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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