Contributor Steven Vargas reported on how surviving dance companies and artists are forging ahead in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and diminished funding.
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Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2026
This partnership underscores a broader trend of private aviation firms forging alliances with major sports.
Imanaga recovered a bit after the leadoff home run, but the Cardinals lineup coaxed long at-bats and drove up his pitch count, chasing the left-hander from the game after 4 2/3 innings.
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Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2026
These businesses live or die by people answering phones, booking jobs, chasing payments and calming down upset customers.
New Spots White, gray, red, blue, or green spots indicate that your food is molding.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
These patterns suggested that the school experience itself—particularly the amount of sustained mental effort the school day requires—could be molding students’ cognitive endurance.
Netherlands finished top of Group F by beating Sweden and Tunisia after drawing with Japan, to set up the meeting with Group C runners-up Morocco.
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Tomás Hill López-Menchero,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
Volunteers organized the supplies — toothbrushes, baby wipes, instant soup and many other items — and loaded them into boxes, drawing hearts on the outside with magic marker.
Other opponents generally feel compelled to drop an extra player into the back line, forming a back five against Japan’s front five — as the Netherlands did, with Frenkie de Jong dropping in from midfield.
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Michael Cox,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
Even if polls point to a majority, a potential coalition spanning left, right, center and Arab parties would face real difficulty forming a government – and keeping it together.
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