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as in comes
to come near or nearer
as the hour of his death was nighing
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The milestone comes four decades after Roxana Zal, 14, became the youngest female winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Special in 1984 for Something About Amelia, according to the website for the awards.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025 -
Wildfire worries With the worsening drought comes worries over wildfires.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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According to Altman, the most difficult issue the company is grappling with recently is how ChatGPT approaches suicide, in light of a lawsuit from a family who blamed the chatbot for their teenage son's suicide.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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The price on Friday closed above the June high and now approaches a down-trending 200-week moving average.—
John Navin,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The program draws on the Trust Protocol’s existing system, using field-level data to pre-assess grower eligibility.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Sep. 2025
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The 2025 edition draws on feedback from more than 10,000 expats representing 172 nationalities, offering a unique window into the best places to live in the world for work, lifestyle and affordability.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The new rule closes that gap by mandating validated self-assessments and third-party assessments before award decisions.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The payment of the 183 million euros closes all investigations into evasion of taxes on an estate estimated by the Italian authorities to be worth around 800 million euros.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Davis, like Haynes, comes up with ingenious ways to fill the void.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2025
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That idea, that the changes are most prominent in academic writing, comes up a lot, but the shift has been observed beyond academia, too.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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In January 1964, law enforcement closes in.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Data-provider With Intelligence logged US $209 billion of final closes in 2024, 5 percent above 2023, with mega-funds swallowing two-thirds of the haul.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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But the worst of California’s fire season is likely ahead as the windy season nears.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Since the breach, water spills into the peninsula every time the river nears that mark, and that happens often now, sometimes for weeks at a time.—
Molly Parker,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Nighs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nighs. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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