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Dry, seasonably warm weekend Drier weather will then move in on Thursday, although a few showers may be possible mainly in eastern Missouri.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Sep. 2025 -
The most seasonably warm temperatures this weekend will be over parts of the Mississippi Valley, where high temperatures will be in the 90s from the Deep South up to Minnesota and South Dakota.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The revelation that the tattoo had been hastily covered up is just the latest bizarre twist that the high-stakes Senate race had taken in just the past 10 days.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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On July 7, 1971, Courson and a few others hastily buried Morrison in a place he was said to have loved, Père Lachaise, before going public.—
David Kushner,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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This is important, since most people who try to kill themselves do so impulsively.—
Dr. Theresa T. Nguyen,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Set in 1990, the show follows a closeted teenager named Cameron Cope (Miles Heizer), who impulsively joins the Marines to follow his enlisting best friend, despite the ban on gay people in the military.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Last week Halligan abruptly fired the author of the memo, career prosecutor Elizabeth Yusi, in part due to her resistance to bringing the case against James, sources said.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Then, the activity abruptly stopped.—
Jim Beaugez,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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This electric kettle from Walmart will speedily heat up water for tea lovers or pour-over coffee connoisseurs.—
Brandi Fuller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Sep. 2025
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Worden tells me in an interview that Harvard scholar Robin Wordsworth, his co-author on a recent Red Planet study and one of the top American experts on terraforming Mars, is now designing compact astronaut outposts that can be positioned inside lava tubes and speedily inhabited.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Additional charges included negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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He was charged with multiple counts, including kidnapping and recklessly endangering another person.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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Typically, Angels work alone, but when the Christmas Connection Department faces the threat of downsizing, Monica and Michael are unexpectedly paired to ensure Daisy and Patrick fall in love before Christmas.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Things might be different now, as MFE this week unexpectedly cleared out the ProSieben C-suite and replacing respected ProSieben CEO Bert Habets with its own CFO, Marco Giordani.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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The 35-year-old Olympic gold medalist has rapidly climbed to the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
26 Oct. 2025
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Part of a rapidly-shrinking group, Jimenez is one of just 5,094 living World War II veterans in California as of this year, per The National WWII Museum in New Orleans.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Opportunely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opportunely. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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