as in to run down
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Of course, temperatures below 32 degrees or a poor connection to the Arlo base station will run down the battery much more quickly.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025 -
The last time the Olympic long hurdles champion ran down in distance was in May of 2024, with the New Jersey native clocking an impressive time of 12.71 in the women’s 100 meter hurdles at the Occidental Invitational in California.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Arvind Limited and Fashion for Good want to find out.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 June 2025
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When a 6-year-old boy hadn’t been to school in weeks, deputies went to his home for a welfare check and found out his mother had killed him during an exorcism, Florida authorities said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2025
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If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Stay away from open fields, hill summits, or ridge tops.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
7 June 2025
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Fears that a serial killer is at large were reignited by the recent discovery of a body in a Texas lake, where 19 corpses have been found over the past three years.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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While buyers and sellers involved in the transaction could not be immediately ascertained, CNBC-TV18, citing sources familiar with the matter, noted that South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Company was likely among the sellers in the deal.—
Amala Balakrishner,
CNBC,
2 June 2025
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Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams says his office is combing through jail call logs and cross-referencing fingerprints and DNA samples to ascertain who else working at the jail may have been involved.—
Kati Weis,
CBS News,
29 May 2025
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No one supposedly could locate the accused to bring to trial, despite the men belonging to one of England’s highest nobility houses.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
6 June 2025
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Ellie’s Bar London’s hottest new bar is located — where else? — in Dalston.—
Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
5 June 2025
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Asian needle ants were first detected in the U.S. almost a century ago, but the species has continued to expand its reach, primarily throughout the Southeast, and this pest could potentially be deadly to humans, according to Dan Suiter, a professor of urban entomology at the University of Georgia.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
10 June 2025
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The aphid was carried from Africa by the harmattan wind across the ocean to the Caribbean; it was detected in Florida’s sugarcane fields in the late nineteen-seventies and, in 2013, on sorghum crops farther north.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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According to the course description, the class teaches college success strategies, goal-setting, learning style assessments as well as general and discipline-specific study skills in the context of various theoretical, practical, and experiential perspectives.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
5 June 2025
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Ginny, who winds up pregnant after striking up a romance with Wolfe (Ty Doran) from her poetry class, decides to terminate her pregnancy shortly after learning of her condition, and her mom is completely on board with whatever her daughter wants.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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First discovered: 5:52 p.m. June 8 Initial location: Placer County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Deerborne A new wildfire was reported today at 5:52 p.m. in Placer County.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2025
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Sometimes, some things must be lost in order to discover even more beautiful ones.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
8 June 2025
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“Poke (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poke%20%28around%29. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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