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Since its public unveiling on the weekend, the Turner statue has elicited mirth, mockery and even anger from people on social media.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025 -
Violence prevention members ‘shocked’ at decision In addition to mockery from gun groups, the program met stiff opposition from its own members and longtime supporters.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Many of these hospitals and clinics became the target of protests or bomb threats.—
Jacob Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Jezero's altitude rules it out as a target, however.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management said in a statement that 77 victims were taken to hospitals for treatment.—
Britt Clennett,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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To Dan Gilleon, who represented many of Fischer’s victims in civil court, those cases are evidence of how much higher the true public costs of litigation against the county are.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Rory McIlroy was the lightning rod for the invective, and so was his wife.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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JPMorgan tries to exude an aggressively nonpartisan and apolitical attitude even as the financial sector’s approach to climate has become a lightning rod in Washington and in statehouses around the country.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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Bermuda faces a rare one-two punch Bermuda is a sitting duck in the path of twin storms that could deliver a punishing blow this week, even for the seasoned and storm-tested islands.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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Russian forces trapped in Ukraine would have been sitting ducks for NATO missiles and aircraft.—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, a story from Indiana explains how one bird species skewers its prey on barbed wire, then returns for it later.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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As another new spooky season option, this new offering from Netflix is a survival series from the perspective of nature's prey.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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Same goes for the stretch marks on my butt.—
Francesca Krempa,
StyleCaster,
4 Oct. 2025
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Another depicts a man riding a camel in Egypt with a sticker on the camel's butt.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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During the past seven seasons, as the Colorado Rockies have downgraded from contender to also-ran to laughingstock, rival executives have spoken about the franchise with a blend of derision and curiosity.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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For decades, Atherton football was a laughingstock.—
Rich Barak,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Pilgarlic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pilgarlic. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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