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The records also indicate the shooter was living in Maine as of 2022.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026 -
The findings clearly indicate that community accountability outperforms traditional court processing, Beckman said.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
17 Feb. 2026
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The White House did not address whether Tuesday’s vote would lead to Trump relying more heavily on executive action — something the president himself seemed to suggest during his interview with Kudlow.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Feb. 2026
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The ballot measure advanced on Tuesday suggests a temporary 2% increase to the city’s 14% transient occupancy tax — often called a bed or hotel tax — dropping to a permanent post-Games 1% increase starting in 2029.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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On Sunday, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi signaled that Tehran could be open to compromise on the nuclear issue but is looking for an easing of international sanctions led by the United States.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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Success wasn’t guaranteed, but these cues were often enough to signal relevance.—
Yiling Pan,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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Traditionally, programming a robot implied writing thousands of lines of code to define every movement.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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Words like bankrupt and default imply some sort of sudden collapse.—
Steve Booren,
Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2026
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Dumplings represent wealth and fortune, noodles signify longevity, fish symbolize abundance, and green vegetables are associated with prosperity.—
Alexa Liacko,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Or would there be a brass scale marking the 1849 beginning of the Gold Rush, or an antique gas pump signifying the 1956 development of interstate highways?—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2026
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As previously mentioned here, an Article 5 Convention of States (COS) remains the only way power will be transferred from the politicians to the people where the Founders intended it to reside.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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But regardless of who the jacket was intended for, its quintessentially Chinese aesthetic has resonated globally.—
Stephy Chung,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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In September, the preliminary revision inferred that the US economy likely added about 911,000 fewer jobs than the jobs reports initially estimated for the 12-month period running from April 2024 through March 2025.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Observers infer that people who go alone are more genuinely interested in the experience and more focused on its quality, rather than simply going along with someone else’s preferences.—
Peter McGraw,
Washington Post,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Point (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/point%20%28out%29. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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