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And finally… The death of seven PAOK supporters in a road accident last week was an unspeakably awful tragedy, and one that will hang over the club for a long time.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026 -
But tackling the Navier-Stokes equations for fluids in three dimensions is unspeakably difficult, so mathematicians have started with easier versions of the problem.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Jan. 2026
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The man is facing a charge of grossly negligent homicide, with state prosecutors in Innsbruck accusing him of making multiple errors, including seeking help too late and not carrying suitable equipment.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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But Roger Noll, professor emeritus of economics at Stanford University, said such estimates are often grossly inflated.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Her strategy failed miserably as lawmakers refused to give in to her demands.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
21 Feb. 2026
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These athletes run dozens of miles, generally in the heat, at altitude, or in bad weather, up and down mountains, all while attempting, sometimes miserably, to eat and drink enough to keep going.—
Dan England,
Outside,
5 Feb. 2026
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Governor Newsom has been insufficiently aggressive on AI regulation despite his wife’s advocacy for child safety protections, instead maintaining a cautious approach that reflects long-standing ties to the technology industry rather than working-class interests.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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In the past year at UF, the GOP’s push to eliminate academic leaders seen as insufficiently hostile to left-leaning academics effectively derailed the hiring of a new president and multiple college dean searches.—
Garrett Shanley Herald,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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This has become a flagrantly abusive practice.—
Kate Callen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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In the killing of Pretti, the authorities are now promising an internal probe that no one can possibly trust after DHS has spent months flagrantly violating the law and people’s civil and constitutional rights.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Since the egregious tankers began to more egregiously tank, Miami is 2-1 against that group (wins against Washington and Memphis and the bad loss to Utah).—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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Somehow, so far, that doesn’t beat Chalamet’s feats at table tennis and ability to draw audiences into rooting for him even as his character behaves egregiously.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Odiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/odiously. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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