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In banked slalom, athletes get two individual runs down the course with their best time counting toward the final ranking.—
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ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026 -
During pregnancy, the two vertical muscles running down the front of your abdomen, the rectus abdominis muscles, must stretch to accommodate your growing baby.—
Jennifer Byrne,
Popular Science,
5 Mar. 2026
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Apply to know if you're approved and find out your exact welcome offer amount – all with no credit score impact.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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Fans of the Naked Gun franchise may need to brew some coffee and stay patient before finding out if Police Squad will soon tackle another case.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Mar. 2026
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Aloe vera and mushroom extracts Aloe vera extracts that bypassed FDA review were found in more than 450 products in FoodData Central, a food and nutrient database managed by the USDA Agricultural Research Service, according to the investigation.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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When both of these high-resolution, deep observations are combined (see the overlap), clear evidence appears for that grouping, with what appears to be four globular clusters all found together in a tiny region of space.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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Astronomers first needed to ascertain its true size.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
5 Mar. 2026
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The pair quickly ascertained that a skier was still attached to the skis, and bee-lined toward him.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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The epicenter was located approximately 7 miles northeast of Coalinga, at a depth of 7 miles.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Bruce Beach, Guinea-Bissau The Bijagós archipelago, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve located off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, is composed of 88 islands, but only about 20 are permanently inhabited.—
Melanie van Zyl,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
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Researchers have developed a large-scale 3D facial dataset and a new AI model that can detect facial landmarks directly from raw 3D data, without relying on 2D images or digital templates.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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Kairos' debut flight in March 2024 ended just five seconds after liftoff when the rocket's flight termination system detected lower-than-expected velocity and thrust.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Others learned of the relocation through social media or from other patients, said attorney Benjamin Ikuta, who is representing the couples.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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Claude’s central argument—that Marks learned from Graham and Buffett just as Claude learned from training data—sounds profound, but human learning and statistical pattern-matching over text corpora are not the same.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 Mar. 2026
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In search of an early present for his son Liam’s 14th birthday, the Timonium resident discovered tickets to the MLS game pitting Inter Miami and DC United at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday afternoon.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Mar. 2026
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Read on to discover the highlights, the extras, and the one that stole my heart.—
Alexandra Ditch,
Vogue,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Poke (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poke%20%28around%29. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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