Gordon, the only sitting judge who spent multiple days on the bus, poured over documents and sequestered himself with a laptop and a cell phone video call in a back corner.
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Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
11 July 2026
The scale alone — several million visitors have poured through the country over the tournament’s five-week run — has made the World Cup both a massive sporting spectacle and a test of logistical and policy coordination on an unprecedented level.
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Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
11 July 2026
About 400 firefighters worked to contain the flames, which erupted just ahead of a July 14 national holiday and on the first major weekend for departures for the summer holiday season.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
13 July 2026
The Cape Verde supporters also erupted in the 62nd minute when their beloved 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha denied Messi at point-blank range.
The 54-year-old actor, a lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan, gushed to Chiefs Wire about his excitement over attending the July 3 Madison Square Garden ceremony with wife Lindsay Schweitzer in an interview published Wednesday, July 15.
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KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
15 July 2026
Moore previously gushed about her Breadwinner costars in late May when the film premiered in theaters.
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Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 July 2026
In one case reviewed by The Marshall Project, an incarcerated man reported being pepper-sprayed, choked, beaten with a baton and repeatedly called racial slurs by Kentucky officers who were later convicted.
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Christie Thompson,
NPR,
13 July 2026
Sturgess sprayed it, gave it a sniff and spread some on her wrist.
San Diego’s manager Craig Stammen and coach Ryan Goins were ejected three pitches into the game after arguing a check-swing call.
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Liana Handler
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026
Balogun, a star striker who has scored three goals so far in this year’s tournament, received a red card and was ejected from last week’s US game against Bosnia and Herzegovina for a foul against a defender.
Its results spewed from a transactional firehose Tuesday morning.
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Dan Woike,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
While France made a strong effort to reverse course in recent years, the European nation has spewed a cumulative total of about 40 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions throughout its history.
Many ants feed on the sugary honeydew excreted by these insects and will actively protect them from predators.
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The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2026
After ingestion, the drug is excreted and flows through inadequate wastewater treatment systems, with only 47% of Rio's wastewater effectively treated before discharge into coastal waters.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
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