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Verb
  • Career and workplace expert, Laura Gassner Otting, understands that the shift from classroom memorization to real-world, hands-on learning can be challenging for recent grads.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • Since the storm, local officials have been hit with challenging questions about why the children in the camps and others living along the river were not warned to evacuate.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is set to meet with Trump in Washington on Monday, is pulled between the US and his allies on the far right who oppose a ceasefire.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 6 July 2025
  • Veteran righthander Cal Quantrill will take the mound on Saturday, opposing Brewers rookie Chad Patrick in Game 2 of the series.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • The network of community leaders and officials all questioned the administration’s determination that Haiti is now safe enough for people to return.
    Churchill Ndonwie, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
  • Interest Rates: While speaking at an event in Portugal Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was questioned about the timing of an interest rate cut.
    Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • The team is also fighting injuries within the starting rotation.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
  • In 2024, Baumgardner and Delfine Persoon fought to a no contest.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed executive orders aimed at rolling back DEI initiatives, with one of them including directives for federal agencies to combat DEI in the private sector.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • Since Schill’s last testimony, Walberg said, congressional leaders have not received any documentation or updates on the university’s efforts to combat antisemitism.
    Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
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“Oppugn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oppugn. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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