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Another trait often ascribed to footballers is courage — the kind that enables them to put their head into a frenzy of flying boots, or take a decisive penalty when thousands are willing them to fail.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
6 July 2025 -
The Dane hauled his way up the mountain, mouth contorted, back and elbows askew, willing his bike to chase.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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The eccentric exotic animal broker had been hoping for a significantly lighter sentence, just one year instead of the four-and-half-year sentence Missouri District Judge Stephen R. Clark handed down Thursday.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Hinterland Winery Rosé Sparkling from Ontario, hands down.—
Devin Parr,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Where are opportunities left untouched simply due to a lack of capacity?—
Scott Brighton,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Enzo Maresca’s ominous words in his press conference at Cobham on Thursday left little room to avoid the conclusion that Colwill had suffered a significant injury.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
8 Aug. 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 film follows a ragtag group of actors (played by Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, among other stars) from an ‘80s sci-fi series who aliens unexpectedly abduct during a convention appearance.—
Matt Juul,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 July 2023
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The forceful personality was on full display on a July night when her team turned in its worst performance of the 2025 season.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Her most recent character shift was a babyface turn in early 2024 after she was kicked out of her own faction, Damage CTRL, a storyline that culminated in her winning the WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania 40.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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Joe Austin, the executive director of Torrey Pines’ foundation, said that in some cases the audit’s findings may convey sloppy operations by the foundations when the nonprofits may be trying to do what’s best for students.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Publicly Commit To Being Inclusive A bold declaration is the best way to clearly convey the workplace culture and your hiring philosophies.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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But two shorter versions of the notes were turned over to the Bartholomew County Prosecutor's Office — neither included the incriminating information about Overstreet.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
4 Aug. 2025
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Slowly, land was turned over entirely to sunflowers so that, by 1800, there were two million acres planted to sunflowers in Ukraine and Russia.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
2 Aug. 2025
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The developer plans to convert the 21-story office building into a residential complex with 247 units deed restricted for families earning 30% to 80% of the area median income, or what’s considered affordable housing, at a cost just shy of $1.1 million per unit.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 July 2025
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City of Miami: The city of Miami, which would deed the property to SLAM.—
Carl David Goette-Luciak,
Miami Herald,
23 July 2025
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“Pass (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%20%28down%29. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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