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Madix took over hosting duties in 2024.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026 -
Colbert, who took over The Late Show from David Letterman in 2015, announced last July that CBS had canceled the show after 30 years.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
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Shia elites, like their Sunni counterparts, have embezzled billions and enriched their allies.—
Nabil Salih,
Time,
26 May 2026
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The lawsuit brought against FanDuel by the former Jacksonville Jaguars executive who embezzled more than $20 million from the team is headed out of court.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
12 May 2026
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The real goal is to identify the actual point of compromise, such as where the data is being misused, who the rogue actor is, which account is the victim, which account is the mule and where the money is really going.—
Muhammad Azeem,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Critics of the Take It Down law fear it could be misused by the FTC.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
21 May 2026
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By 2010, Congress appropriated $19 million for the effort.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2026
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The money hasn't been appropriated by Congress.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
22 May 2026
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The Weird and Wild column had to be preempted by other programming these last couple of weeks.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Frost noted that the show was preempted for six out of eight weeks of airing as the network turned its attention to the Gulf War.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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Though its glam environs were eventually usurped by Hawaii’s many newer luxury resorts, an extensive renovation in 2008 gave the Mauna Kea an update without sacrificing its throwback charm.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 May 2026
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After opting against pursuing a deal for Mike Maignan last summer, Chelsea have stuck with Robert Sanchez as No 1 — bar a brief spell where Filip Jorgensen usurped him in March.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The money was instead misappropriated for her own benefit, with significant sums of the fraud redirected to gambling expenses.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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Granted, Becerra has had a hard week, with a gaffe with a reporter that went viral and a plea deal by a former aide in that case of money misappropriated from his dormant campaign account.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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New York followed with a $75 billion price tag attached.—
Yaël Ossowski,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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One key data source was the radiosonde—a box of instruments attached to weather balloons that measures temperature, pressure and other parameters.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
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“Peculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculated. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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