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Although the remarkable images of active volcanoes drew everyone’s attention, the goal of these flybys was to find out if a magma ocean truly lay beneath the moon’s rocky skin.—
Robin Andrews,
Wired News,
15 June 2025 -
The Athletic has spoken to training-ground sources, who asked to remain anonymous to protect their position, to find out which of these players could be set to make the step up.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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Nikola Jokic #15 of the Denver Nuggets runs down the floor during the first half of game seven of the Western Conference semifinals against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center on May 18, 2025 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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With the 2025 New York City Pride March, Rise Up: Pride In Protest, running down Fifth Avenue on Sunday, June 29, the city is full of celebrations and specials.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Rebecca studied English and art history at Cornell University and served in the Peace Corps in Thailand.—
Rebecca Grant
June 24,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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Leadership roles and extracurricular activities have prepared Poway High School Salutatorian Michael Markoff to tackle the challenges of studying medicine at UCLA this fall.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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At one point, the gallery could hear the faint sound of heavy breathing, and the judge reminded jurors to make sure that their headphones were fully on because the microphone feed appeared to be picking up the video.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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The court heard arguments on Tuesday. Update 6/19/25, 4:35 p.m.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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The contract also calls for the the installation of a new acoustic monitoring system to detect wire breaks.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
23 June 2025
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The goal he was given, of detecting a single pathway by itself, didn’t actually make sense.—
Matt von Hippel,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2025
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At the time, new vaccines for measles and polio had recently come online, and national health leaders felt the need for a regular panel of experts to determine how best to use these and other products to protect the public.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
25 June 2025
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Kyoto attracts 75 million annual visitors to its 1,000 Buddhist temples and was cited in 1.2 million online searches and 23 million hashtags, the study determined.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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This concentration was then used to ascertain the time-dependent effect of both cannabinoids.—
Paul McClure
June 14,
New Atlas,
14 June 2025
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Chemist Willard Libby developed this method — used to ascertain the age of organic materials — in the late 1940s at the University of Chicago.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Those new to his work will easily discern the film’s older footage, some of it captured on grainy DV cameras, while newer material boasts the elegant, widescreen compositions that have become his specialty.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Founded in 1830 by Charles Christofle, the company began as a fine jewelry atelier, creating gold and silver pieces for discerning Parisian clientele.—
Angela Tafoya,
Architectural Digest,
17 June 2025
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“Major (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/major%20%28in%29. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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