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Last season, the illusion of parity vanished when the Liberty put a 48-point pasting on the rebuilding Sun.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026 -
Algorithms shifted without ceremony, monetization features appeared, vanished, reappeared—more complex.—
Stephanie Hind,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
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Last year, the sorority gave out 263 Nike Air Force One solid white sneakers to children at five Gary elementary schools, according to archives.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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Clark’s groin gave out early in the season, and Sophie Cunningham was not far behind her on the way to the sideline.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
5 May 2026
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Dallas’ depth scoring evaporated.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
2 May 2026
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And when the jobs evaporated, the businesses closed, one by one, heartbreak by heartbreak.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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There was a silent boom; in the thrill of the snake, everything unnecessary fell away.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Three minutes into the flight, the booster switched off its engines and fell away from New Glenn’s upper stage, powered by two BE-3U engines burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
19 Apr. 2026
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The 2025 event in Virginia helped bolster the coin's value for a time, but interest in the currency again tapered off.—
Lucien Bruggeman,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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What initially felt like a meteoric rise tapered off into a slow burn.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Petered (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petered%20%28out%29. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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