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These methods help place each hair graft with care.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
12 July 2025 -
Medical staff then bandaged up the left side of her face, with only her eye and mouth exposed, and her right hand and arm to keep the tissue grafts in place.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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The juvenile was charged with larceny of a motor vehicle, interfering with police, reckless driving and engaging police in pursuit.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 June 2025
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Allie-Brennan, originally from Queens, N.Y., was issued a misdemeanor summons for sixth-degree larceny and is scheduled to appear in court on July 1.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2025
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Authorities said Lawler partnered on the last four robberies with Tarandle Lee, 45, of Bolingbrook, who drove the getaway car.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
19 July 2025
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But that afternoon, Smith didn’t know the worst decision of his life, a robbery that left three people dead and two others wounded, was now being rehashed for millions.—
John J. Lennon,
Rolling Stone,
19 July 2025
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What Gauguin despised was the misapplication of religion, not religion itself.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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There have been, however, criticisms of the TCPA arising not so much from the text of the statute itself but rather from misapplications of the TCPA by the lower Texas courts.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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An aim would be to make the cost so high for any AGI thievery that no one would dare attempt the odious act.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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For the majority of the story, Lamia and Saeed are left to their own devices, including resorting to thievery.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
16 May 2025
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“Peculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculation. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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