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As Roberto De Zerbi ran down the touchline in celebration of Joao Palhinha giving Tottenham Hotspur the lead against Everton on the final day of the Premier League season, one of his players was in hot pursuit.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
27 May 2026 -
The Lodge is technically not in Seattle—the converted seminary is located inside Kenmore’s Saint Edward State Park, an expanse of forest with trails running down to the eastern shore of Lake Washington.—
Harry Cheadle,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 May 2026
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That’s how Ciara found out that Amanda was spending so much time at West’s house while ignoring her calls.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Check with your town or city to find out where public health or cooling centers are near you, particularly if anyone in your household is vulnerable to overheating, heat stress, or other health risks.—
Kat Tretina,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
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Captain Sandy finds her newish team in Dubrovnik, Croatia, aboard the Akira One, a bigger and older boat than last season’s Bravado.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
9 June 2026
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Through this deceptively simple framework, Hiraide delivers a poetic and poignant meditation on the passage of time, the meaning of work and love, and the surprise of finding joy in life’s ephemeral details.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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When a woman is discharged after birth, the burden is on her and her family to ascertain potential complications and seek timely care.—
Yenupini Joyce Adams,
The Conversation,
27 May 2026
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By making the system-wide prompt publicly available, the public can help ascertain whether the instructions are on-target or off-target.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Lama Kazi Sherpa, of the SPCC, told Reuters that his team located Hillary Dawa above Base Camp near the icefall and brought him down to safety.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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Goodwill of Southern California and CVS Pharmacy on June 3 opened the CVS Health® Career Skills Lab located at the Goodwill headquarters in Lincoln Heights.—
Marianne Love,
Daily News,
4 June 2026
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Mythos was unveiled but not released in April after it was found to be able to detect — and exploit — security flaws in almost all systems.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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In a large clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Shield test made by Guardant Health detected 83 percent case of colon cancer, but only 13 percent of advanced precancerous lesions.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
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Eric Celedon said authorities learned that an unidentified man entered the bank and remained inside with an unknown number of community members.—
Greg Wehner , Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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After Elayyat was arrested, investigators learned she had been convicted in 2010 for DUI in San Bernardino County.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
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Upon arrival, officers discovered multiple victims suffering from gunshot wounds, police said.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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That deep connection to the ocean goes back to the ancient Polynesians, who were the world’s first watermen, using their intimate knowledge of the ocean to navigate the Pacific, discovering Hawaii thousands of years ago.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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“Poke (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poke%20%28around%29. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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