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Meanwhile, after levying a hefty 25-percent tariff on goods from India last week (despite claiming a chummy relationship with the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi), Trump has issued a new threat against the country: stop buying Russian oil or risk seeing even higher duties.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Aug. 2025 -
The idea was simple: strike up enough relationships in that universe, portray Combs as the kind of victim that Trump pretends to be, play up Combs and Trump’s past chummy relationship, and lay the groundwork for begging for a pardon or clemency if needed.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 July 2025
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Schubert and the law enforcement agencies that fall under her jurisdiction appear to be bosom buddies.—
Monique Judge,
The Root,
15 May 2018
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Jim Hamre and Zack Willhoite were also bosom buddies in their passion for public transportation who had excitedly awaited the day higher-speed trains could zip through their home turf.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
20 Dec. 2017
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Mary’s story is inseparable from the experiences of her two daughters, Christine and Angie, whose lives were, for years, dominated by their mother’s impenetrable view of the world around her.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Hope and doubt are as inseparable as Grier and McDaniel at this point.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
19 July 2025
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Luis García Montero, her husband, ventures into that void and, in doing so, completes the intimate portrait of a writer who knew, like few others, knew how to tell us the story of our own lives.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025
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The previous day, the couple tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in the bride's childhood neighborhood, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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In today’s opinions newsletter: The value of public land, Arizona’s friendly stance toward tech and Mexico’s president, the Trump whisperer. Arizona has about 30 million acres of public land.—
Joanna Allhands,
AZCentral.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Time-traveling romances, space-traveling alien monsters, and celebrities in seriously great shape who want to pass along their wisdom to us normal folk — all this and more await us in this weekend’s friendly neighborhood streaming guide.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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In 2009, the company ran into trouble in the wake of the financial crisis and was put into a pre-pack receivership.—
Trevor Clawson,
Forbes,
15 Dec. 2024
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Each battery pack is designed to operate independently, so should one pack in a multi-pack system fail, the other(s) can get the boat safely back to shore.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Oct. 2024
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The disease's later stages can include arthritis, heart palpitations, facial palsy and tingling limbs.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
1 Aug. 2025
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Those can include Bell’s palsy (facial nerve paralysis), Lyme meningitis (often marked by severe headache, neck stiffness and fever) and carditis (inflammation of heart tissues).—
Amy McGorry,
FOXNews.com,
29 July 2025
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As the new general manager of the Farmington Civic Theater, Clare Cooney plans to add some indie films to the historic Farmington landmark’s familiar mix of tentpole movies and family favorites, writes Julie Hinds.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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For many people, a society where women average 1.8 or 1.9 children would feel familiar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Pally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pally. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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