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Recent Examples of microcosmosAnother number down the list would have drawn knowing nods within the microcosmos of horse racing intellectuals: The cost of breeding a mare with Scat Daddy, the blossoming sire merely 11 years old, had sprouted from $35,000 to $100,000.—Chuck Culpepper, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2018
Both efforts were chalked off for offside but the events were a microcosm of Barcelona’s season under Flick with a brave high line.
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Mark Carey,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
This week began with a steep loss for U.S. stocks on fears about the trade war, and it’s been a microcosm of the market’s severe swings in recent weeks as investors struggle with how to react to conditions that sometimes change by the hour.
For me, to have this opportunity as two women is really thrilling professionally, personally, especially in the macrocosm of theater.
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Dave Quinn,
People.com,
22 Nov. 2024
Microcosm also meets macrocosm in Nohemí Pérez’s drawings: five monumental works that show forests on fire in the Catatumbo region of Columbia, which Pérez calls home.
These upcoming releases are part of Marvel's ongoing efforts to expand and diversify its cinematic universe.
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Jenna deJong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
Means is already pretty popular within Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) universe, but those outside the MAHA world have greeted her nomination with a high degree of skepticism.
Eos may not see the dawn of new stars, but its existence is testament to a greater dawn, going all the way back to near the beginning of the universe, in which stars have brought daylight to a dark cosmos.
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Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2025
There were just giant clouds of pristine hydrogen and helium floating around, on their slow-and-steady way to becoming the rich tapestry of the modern-day cosmos.
In fact, a new study suggests that the two spheres are closely tied, with around a fourth of people’s risk of mental health conditions, including their risk of depression, anxiety, and phobias, being attributable to their personality traits.
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Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
2 May 2025
While Americans can't take their eyes off the May-December romance, the former cheerleader is building wealth, and football and media power, gaining a position of authority in Belichick's sphere as current UNC Tar Heels head coach and a cultural icon.
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