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The 2023 crew, for instance, came back to win just 27 times and came back from multiple runs down just eight times.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026 -
The arched surface invites the heat to spread evenly and mount in intensity, and as the fat runs down, the edges of the meat sizzle and crisp.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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At the lot where the Bombsight meet happens, Geisha finds out the squad is looking for V-One.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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Sean is tested when his longtime friend and employee Jorge (Trey Santiago-Hudson) finds out about all of Sean’s changes and feels betrayed — Sean’s new sous chef gig means the end of the food truck, which Jorge was relying on.—
Ashley Boucher,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Apr. 2026
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No square on the calendar is truly protected once the NFL detects people with time off, disposable income and access to nachos.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Simonis detects a fruitiness and a hint of cardamom and nutmeg.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
10 May 2026
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The general election determines officeholders for statewide positions, including for Georgia governor and lieutenant governor, both of which have no incumbents running.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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If Hoskins determines that the referendum does not qualify for the ballot, that decision is also poised to spark another round of legal battles to decide the fate of the campaign.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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This is the place for anyone who hears about a new pale ale and instantly wants to book a trip.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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October 9, 2024 – The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Glossip’s appeal, with much of the debate centering on whether prosecutors allowed false testimony from Sneed to go uncorrected.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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What begins as a journey for father and son to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye, quickly turns into a fantastical adventure the tests their relationship and digs up ghosts from Kratos' past.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Feb. 2026
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By chance, Bogdan digs up a gravesite that has bones laid on top of it—bones belonging to Peter Mercer.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
28 Aug. 2025
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In the film Silent Friend, the protagonist, a neurologist who studies brain activity in infants, attempts to quantify the internal signaling of a ginkgo tree on a university campus.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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Anne Burrows, an anatomist at Duquesne University who studies the comparative anatomy of facial expression in dogs, has studied enough dog and wolf faces to know that the muscles underneath work very differently.—
Niranjana Rajalakshmi,
Popular Science,
14 May 2026
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In a 2025 study published in Personal Relationships that examines dishonesty in romantic relationships, researchers found that people most commonly described their lies as protective in nature.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Tackling a subject close to home for writer-director Marie Kreutzer, Gentle Monster examines the fallout when Philip Weiss (Laurence Rupp) — a middle-class Austrian documentary maker, father and beloved husband — is accused of watching, distributing and maybe even making child pornography.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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“Majors (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/majors%20%28in%29. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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