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Then came a series defeat against the Pittsburgh Pirates, with two home run balls against Kenley Jansen in the ninth of the series finale serving as another microcosm of Detroit’s wobbly season.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Iowa's 1st District is a microcosm of the state, largely rural with urban and suburban pockets.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

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The Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles star is already in the Bravo universe and is going to trade franchises and mix in with the likes of Kyle Richards, Dorit Kemsley, Sutton Stracke, Erika Jayne, Rachel Zoe and Bozoma Saint John.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
But only now have scientists discovered one for the first time, which could provide important insight about our universe.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 26 Aug. 2026

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The Swift Observatory has been observing the cosmos for more than two-decades, but its rapidly declining orbit has put it in jeopardy of reentering Earth's atmosphere and burning up.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Speaking of God, the pedal steel is capable of exaltation, too, the rise and fall of its strings able to emulate a glorious choir or a keening request or spread out like the cosmos itself.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026

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Beyond the commercial sphere, Seoul’s institutional scene is developing.

— Payal Uttam, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Either way, civilizationism would prescribe a more consistent strategy of military withdrawal from the region, a tack tantamount to tolerating Chinese hegemony in its sphere.

— Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

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