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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
In their opening matchup against the Dallas Cowboys, the reigning champs were able to kick the year off in the win column.
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Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
Tan, whose sartorial preference is a black T-shirt, recently shared his new game plan with senior editor John Kang—pivoting to make his company an AI gaming software champ.
Busta Rhymes champions late MTV VJ Ananda Lewis Busta kept his remarks short and heartfelt, thanking his family and also taking the time to honor Ananda Lewis, the former MTV VJ who died earlier this year after being diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer.
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Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
Giuseppe Dell'Anno, series 12 winner and the show's first Italian champion, experienced a significant shift in his professional life after taking the crown.
In 2021, a cohort of graduates were selected to join a finalist class of 114 students for extended learning opportunities, such as Community Action Awards, academic and professional development Mini Grants, a Mentorship Program and in-region internship placements.
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Bryan Penprase,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Courtesy of Joann Harmening A dancing diva comes in as our next finalist.
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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Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
5 Aug. 2025
Others contend he was poisoned by his viceroy Antipater, while more modern conjectures propose the weary conqueror had picked up typhoid fever or meningitis or was done in by his over-use of the medicine hellebore, then prescribed as a purgative as well as for gout and signs of insanity.
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