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Recent Examples of placerBrooke Strauss of Glastonbury (CT) was the top placer from New England, finishing 22nd overall at 18:32.7.—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 14 Dec. 2024 Leadville materialized in 1860 with the discovery of placer gold (gold extracted from eroded rock), and the mining boom was on.—James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024 Each polling placer will keep staff on hand to monitor the area and enforce the no-photo policy.—Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024 Here’s the thing with California’s oranges: The California gold rush, smack in the middle of the 19th century, was an enormous splash in the placer pan.—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for placer
And only two Super Bowl champs since 2000 — the 2001 Patriots and 2007 Giants — opened the season with consecutive losses.
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Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
After Alvarez received the second defeat of his professional career (to Dmitry Vibol) in May 2022, Gómez posted a picture of her husband on Instagram, calling him her world champ in the caption and expressing her pride.
Leading the female artists is Karol G with 10 mentions, matching those of rising regional Mexican artist Tito Double P who also has 10, while Peso Pluma is a nine-time finalist.
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Griselda Flores,
Billboard,
10 Sep. 2025
Jackman was also named a finalist for 2025 James Beard Award for Best Chef Great Lakes.
However, he is ebuffed at every turn by his fellow chiefs, most notably Kamehameha I (Kaina Makua), who later becomes the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawai’i.
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Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
Many historians believe that modern chess originated from chaturanga, an ancient Indian board game that spread to the world via traders, pilgrims and conquerors.
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