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Travel conditions are expected to deteriorate rapidly once snow begins, and hazardous conditions could persist into Sunday morning before snow tapers off.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026 -
By the time the snow tapers off Monday morning, New Yorkers could be left with anywhere between 8 and 14 inches of the white stuff.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
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At the ticket window, the rink gives out a list of local businesses that includes Gabello Salon, Bumble Bear Coffee and, just off the square, Beach Hut Deli.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The cannabis dispensary gives out complimentary matches for … obvious reasons.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Oct. 2025
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Set at the height of the Arab Spring in 2011, the play examines a Middle Eastern Studies department in London thrown into crisis when a young Syrian blogger vanishes without a trace.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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Even worse, amid the endless barrage of newness, our tolerance for sitting with work that may surprise or challenge us, confound and move us, weakens—or vanishes entirely.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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Already, 10 times more water evaporates off Arizona’s arid landscape and fitful rivers.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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When the sun is just skimming across the horizon and ducking behind other peaks, all the heat that the sun baked into the snow and rocks during the day evaporates—fast.—
Outside,
Outside,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Peters (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peters%20%28out%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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