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This is one of the longest-standing Filipino restaurants in Little Manila, opened in 1992 by Renee and Ernesto Dizon, who wanted to serve the neighborhood’s growing population of immigrant nurses.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026 -
Kelsey Plum scored 11 of her 27 points in the fourth quarter, but by then the Aces had opened a 20-plus point lead.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Lots of the goals are assisted - some great passing.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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Five of Santa Margarita’s goals were assisted, two of them by Andrew Mravle.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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While unveiling the project onstage, executive producer and showrunner Meredith Averill teased that the series will fully embrace the emotional intensity and fandom obsession that helped turn Fourth Wing into a global phenomenon.—
Deirdre Durkan,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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The midfield pairing of Reece James and Enzo Fernandez helped with on-pitch organisation.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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For Microsoft, a co-defendant in the trial, the jury has to decide whether the company aided and abetted that breach.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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The scheme has been so successful, law enforcement has created a joint FBI-National Security Division task force to disrupt the operations and have dealt a series of harsh prison terms to American accomplices who have willingly aided the North Koreans.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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This had facilitated scrappiness and the creative exchange of ideas when Apple was young.—
Geoffrey Cain,
Vanity Fair,
11 May 2026
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For better and often for worse, Spirit facilitated that.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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Now the airline’s demise has cleared the way for competitors to raise their prices—and has left roughly seventeen thousand people out of work.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Gateway’s Ethan Antle cleared 14-3¼ for fifth in the pole vault.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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“Made way.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/made%20way. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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