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There's a channel that runs down the bottom of the down tube that the cables sit in, held in place by a plastic cover that's screwed onto the frame.—
JOHN TIMMER,
ArsTechnica,
12 Aug. 2025 -
So instead of one long conveyor, there will be three sub-assemblies that run down their own lines simultaneously and then join together.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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What happens next is anyone’s guess. Stroud, more than anyone, can’t wait to find out.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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Once again, viewers will have to wait an extra week to find out.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Clarendon Hills found itself in the elimination bracket by virtue of a 16-1 loss Wednesday to the Mountain Region and Nevada State champion from Las Vegas, which improved to 2-0 Saturday with a 5-3 win over the Northwest Region champs from Washington.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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Du Plessis – who was making the third defense of his belt – had no answer to Chimaev’s grappling and found himself on the mat within the opening minute of the fight.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
17 Aug. 2025
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These are made to ascertain the steps required to conduct password reset requests from support staff.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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To ascertain the origin of the substance, Sheik and his team are putting together a history of the ship, as the former fishing boat was purchased pre-owned nearly three decades ago by the University of Minnesota Duluth.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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The company is located at 1621 Dana Ave., near Xavier University.—
Hailey Roden,
The Enquirer,
16 Aug. 2025
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This involves searching for, locating, identifying and returning the remains of missing service members to their families.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
16 Aug. 2025
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Shabtai Shavit, the Mossad director whose term ended in 1996, said Israel was aware of Khan’s travels in the region but did not initially detect his crucial role in Iran’s program.—
Yossi Melman,
ProPublica,
7 Aug. 2025
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Still, one amateur radio group has detected evidence that AST merely shut down the radio communications from the BlueWalker-3 satellite two weeks ago.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Aug. 2025
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After testing 17 rotating car seats—nearly every model on the market—the Parents team has learned a few things about their pros and cons.—
Laura Lu,
Parents,
16 Aug. 2025
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Emil Michael, the under secretary of Defense for research and engineering, said Russia’s more than three-year invasion of Ukraine has shown the new trajectory of warfare, one that the U.S. and the rest of the world is learning from.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
16 Aug. 2025
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Phony, which Hulu ordered as a pilot in October 2024, centers on Sonny (Nivola), a high school student who wakes up in the hospital after a car accident and discovers his mom, Ellen (Britton), has seemingly been replaced by an impostor.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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There ended up being a fire in the shop, and police discovered the victims (again, content warning for a violent crime), naked, tied up, burned, shot in the head with at least one of them having been raped.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Poke (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poke%20%28around%29. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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