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Healthy and motivated, Tim Dorn willed Mira Mesa High School to the first boys basketball championship in school history.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026 -
And the head coach at Gonzaga and the head coach here at Houston have willed these programs to be elite.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Brown responds by shoving the officer's hand down, and after the second shove, the officer throws two punches.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Kwok's charge carried a maximum prison term of seven years, but his case was heard at the magistrates’ courts, which normally hand down sentences of no more than two years.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Late November through May is the dry season there, which means fewer rains to stir up the water—leaving it with some of the clearest visibility for snorkeling and diving all year.—
Annie Daly,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2026
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San Francisco put on the hardest of sells on to try to keep the talented linebacker — head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch flew to Texas to try to talk him out of leaving — but Greenlaw ultimately chose the Broncos.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026
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The movies of 2026 have got it all, from iconic Disney toys and Steven Spielberg aliens to Ghostface and Baby Yoda.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
7 Jan. 2026
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At the beginning of the book, aliens implant images of tool-using into the minds of man-apes.—
Larissa MacFarquhar,
New Yorker,
27 Oct. 2025
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Resident Ed O'Brien said his son, Daniel, was killed by a driver making a left turn in front of him.—
Carolyn Gusoff,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The game was workable at that, but the B’s turned in an awful second period.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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Whether male, female, or divine, these bodies convey force, belief, and energy.—
Li Qi,
Artforum,
6 Mar. 2026
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That would not only make marketing messages easier to convey but allow companies investing so much in this content to maximize their ROI.—
Dick Lippin,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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She was turned over to the custody of New Haven probation officers.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
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Biafra was also forced to turn over the rights to most of Dead Kennedys’ back catalogue, thus allowing the remaining members to reissue their past albums, including their debut, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables, in 2022.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Pass (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%20%28down%29. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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