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Over about six years that the county used it for temporary housing, law enforcement and emergency services were summoned to the motel for 789 incidents, including assaults, overdoses, robberies, domestic disputes and mental health crises.
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Spencer Norris, ProPublica, 24 June 2025
Gage’s Law This law is named after Gage Austin Taylor, who died in 2022 from a fentanyl overdose.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 22 June 2025
Following the prosecutors’ response, R. Kelly’s lawyers claimed on June 17 that he was given an overdose of medication by prison staff on June 13, per a filing obtained by The Independent.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 June 2025
This is all classic Spanberger, who's long cultivated a reputation as a moderate policy wonk focused on issues like fentanyl overdoses, veterans, and agriculture.
—Margaret Barthel, NPR, 17 June 2025
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Spencer Norris, ProPublica, 24 June 2025
Gage’s Law This law is named after Gage Austin Taylor, who died in 2022 from a fentanyl overdose.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 22 June 2025
Following the prosecutors’ response, R. Kelly’s lawyers claimed on June 17 that he was given an overdose of medication by prison staff on June 13, per a filing obtained by The Independent.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 June 2025
This is all classic Spanberger, who's long cultivated a reputation as a moderate policy wonk focused on issues like fentanyl overdoses, veterans, and agriculture.
—Margaret Barthel, NPR, 17 June 2025
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Speaking on Monday at Bloomberg’s Future of Finance in Ireland event in Dublin, Donohoe said that the government must use that surplus with an eye on the longer term.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
23 June 2025
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Meanwhile, the too-young Thunder are too-young no longer, an NBA champion with a surplus of draft capital still to burn.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
23 June 2025
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The lavish display of money and excess has provoked backlash from local residents and environmental demonstrators who protest the use of the Unesco world heritage site as a playground for the super-rich.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
27 June 2025
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An excess of Helena, which no one, least of all me, wanted.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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Part Rambo, part Aliens, Predator features the kind of glorious Reagan-era overkill typical of its blockbuster age, marrying shoot-’em-up spectacle to an ingenious narrative hook.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
9 June 2025
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Mindful of potential overkill, or of drowning out Simon’s fragile voice, the collective let the arrangements breathe and valued the spaces between notes.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Afterward, Ye was seated in the front row of overflow room 23B, watching the monitor with his bodyguards.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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For approximately 15 minutes, West, his entourage, and Combs' son were alone in the overflow room with four court officers.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
13 June 2025
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Panthers general manager Bob Clarke, president Bill Torrey and coach Roger Neilson knew there wouldn’t be a surfeit of offensive talent in the expansion draft.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2025
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Image Image In cities across the country, more office buildings have been turned into housing, as officials clamor to solve for the mismatch between a surfeit of outdated office buildings and a lack of housing.—
Ellen Rosen,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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That’s because project delays and sanctions have the potential to decrease any anticipated level of oversupply.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Recession fears and oversupply concerns fueled the slide in oil prices, with OPEC+ agreeing to boost production by 410,000 barrels per day in June .—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
8 May 2025
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The prey robot was programmed to move only once per trial run but each time at different amplitudes.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
18 Mar. 2025
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Part of the model processed the pulse signal to identify if the amplitude dropped and if the accelerometer detected any movement.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Overdose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdose. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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