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Miami essentially wants to will a power running game into existence when SMU’s flimsy pass defense suggested a different approach had a greater chance of success.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Luka Doncic did everything in his power to will Los Angeles to a win.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The prosecution asked for a 14-year, three-month sentence, which West handed down.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
18 Oct. 2025
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The punishment was handed down for a violation of the league’s conduct policy stemming from his role in a car crash in Dallas last year.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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Even leaving these facts aside, neither the doctrinaire socialism nor militant Islam have ever improved any place on earth, and New York City will not be the first.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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To keep her safe Hekate’s mother leaves her in the underworld with the goddess Styx and Hades.—
Amber McBride,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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On the other hand, this rebranding risks aliening White Castle's core customer groups.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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In ever more apocalyptic language, Trump has sought to unify his MAGA movement with strongman pledges to defend Americans from millions of hostile foreigners seeking to storm the country and to root out enemy aliens within.—
Julia Preston,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Oct. 2024
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The following year, Ladd delivered a more grounded, but no less eccentric turn in Rambling Rose.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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In the first four days of early voting, almost 300,000 New Yorkers turned in their ballots.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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There’s a certain unpredictability and fleet-footedness required to play this budding outlaw, and the actor can’t convey any excitement in the part.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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The surgeon general serves in the Department of Health and Human Services and issues public advisories and reports to convey health information to the public.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
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Under the ceasefire agreement, Israel also turned over living and dead Palestinians in its custody.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Crenshaw has also ordered the DOJ to turn over internal communications tied to the decision to pursue the case, which resulted in two immigrant-smuggling charges returned by a grand jury in May.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Pass (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%20%28down%29. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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