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Of course, Sugimoto cannot photograph these proliferating scenes.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025 -
The United States also developed measures to cajole and coerce other countries into remaining nonnuclear, including extending security assurances, supporting civilian scientific endeavors, and threatening to cut off military support and impose economic penalties on proliferating states.—
MARIANO-FLORENTINO CUÉLLAR,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Sep. 2025
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The 42-year-old tech leader has been at the helm since Spotify’s inception, when the company sought to revolutionize a music industry where iTunes dominated and music piracy via sites like LimeWire and Napster was flourishing.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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However, the first four weeks haven’t been as flourishing individually for one of the key offensive weapons for the Eagles (4-0).—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Overgrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrowing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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