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Rather than following the traditional paradigm of Congress passing laws and the Department of Education promulgating and enforcing rules, such agreements serve largely as window dressing for federal shakedowns.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025 -
Advertisement Advertisement No case better illustrates this paradigm than John F. Kennedy’s win in 1960.—
Time,
Time,
23 July 2025
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As of July 24, officials had received 222 reports of the hoses bursting, which led to 29 injuries — including a bone bruise, two sprains, and five instances of temporary hearing loss caused by the loud sound of the hose rupturing.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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Rigged so that any instance of a trade surplus earns the baseline tariff, irrespective of that nation’s actual tariff rate.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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For example, some foundations have not been regularly reconciling their accounts and have made some expenditures without proper prior approval or supporting documentation, such as receipts or invoices, according to the audit.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Her last qualms were with schools that get grants to buy supplies, including computers, for example.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
6 Aug. 2025
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The teeth at the front of the dinosaur’s jaw, however, are D-shaped in cross section, with the curve of the D facing out toward the lip and a flat side facing the interior of the mouth.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 July 2025
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To get past labor shortages, its leaders have hired from a cross section of related fields rather than focusing solely on PhD physicists.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
17 July 2025
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All specimens were found at night among the leaf litter on the forest except for the first two, which were discovered perched on a tree trunk and a branch, according to the study.—
Lauren Liebhaber
July 24,
Miami Herald,
24 July 2025
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Taken from different depths, the specimens were collected on 332 research voyages and acquired from 48 natural history museums, making the study the most comprehensive assessment of brittle star DNA to date.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
24 July 2025
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More troubling is that more drug dealers are cutting their fentanyl with other substances, which are resistant to Narcan, like the powerful sedative that authorities suspect was used in the free samples given out by a dealer or dealers in Penn North.—
Allan Culver,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Aug. 2025
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For example, the household survey that includes the monthly unemployment rate and demographic data is considered rather volatile because of its smaller sample size and declining response rates.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
4 Aug. 2025
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The film didn’t perform well, but the soundtrack has become a cult classic, and now, The Pick of Destiny has become a commercial success.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The Steven Spielberg classic is celebrating its 50th anniversary, the creature feature birthing the modern-day summer blockbuster on June 20, 1975.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
13 July 2025
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The coach’s prototype quickly evolved into a machine featuring a lone basket with a 14-inch rim and a seven-inch ball.—
Daniel Brown,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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When one prototype's cooling system underperformed, the retrospective revealed an unexpected airflow pattern that became the key to our final design.—
Wayne Yu,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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“Locus classicus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locus%20classicus. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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