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To avoid my mistake, instead head left on Northside Drive toward Fenton Parkway, which will take you up to the trailhead, located on the northern side of Pompeii Lane.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026 -
The past day has seen the sun unleash a series of powerful solar flares, including two X-class flares and corresponding eruptions from a sunspot region located on the western limb that caused radio blackouts on Earth, while casting masses of plasma into space known as coronal mass ejections.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The seat is deliberately situated for maximum forest and sunrise view, and over the years the neighboring field had been an apple orchard pruned out to favor maturing maple trees that are used for tapping.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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Since June 2025, The Cloud by Käfer has been situated beneath the ceiling of Munich’s BMW Welt, the brand’s exhibition and experience center.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Narváez responded to Weissert’s lockdown efforts with a one-out double and stolen base in the bottom of the sixth, which positioned him to tie the game moments later, when Anthony’s ball found the grass just beyond the middle of the diamond for an RBI single.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2026
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Bee houses should be positioned within 300 feet of an easy food source.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Apr. 2026
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Van Dyke, who is stationed at Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, North Carolina, was charged Thursday with the unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud and making an unlawful monetary transaction.—
Gary D. Robertson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Van Dyke, a 38-year-old North Carolina resident stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, has been an active-duty soldier since 2008 and a master sergeant with US Army Special Forces since 2023, according to the indictment.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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China has deployed its own GPS satellite network and a constellation of intelligence-gathering satellites to monitor locations around the world and, if necessary, supply targeting information for a military attack.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2026
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These drones are vastly cheaper and can be deployed faster than traditional weapons, prompting Western militaries to reconsider their spending priorities.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
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The facility had been recently painted salmon pink with fresh saplings planted around the perimeter.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Equipped with a clear sense of what heartfelt hospitality looks like, thanks to hundreds of Airbnb stays, and the belief that tourism and hospitality, done right, can conserve what’s precious, the seeds for Tella Thera were planted.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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The order affects several thousand engineers, scientists and technicians across every NASA center, and strips away long-standing union rights that were emplaced to protect more than half the agency's workforce.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The fate of a game and maybe a series was perched on the restless fingertips of Nikola Jokic, the most efficient maker of floaters in the basketball world.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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The property includes Casa Cuixmala, Goldsmith’s former residence, which is perched on a small hill overlooking a 2-mile private beach, lagoons and mountains.—
Carole Dixon,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Parked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parked. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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