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Sand fell out and ran down the sides of his face.—
Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026 -
But rivulets of sunblock still ran down everyone’s necks.—
Erin Tan,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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The envelope with the secret number was unsealed on a conference stage in July 2024, and Schlamminger and his team finally found out the real results of their work.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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The actor believed the tumor was caused by his lymphoma, but later found out the two cancers were unrelated.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Two of Rubén’s older sons, who married Russian acrobats during international stints, broke off and founded their own troupe as Circus Caballero.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Co-founded in 1986 by philanthropist and child health advocate Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and pediatrician and genetics pioneer Professor David Danks, MCRI comprises 1,800 scientists, researchers and clinicians.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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Other astronomers followed up by looking through Rubin’s initial data and discovered that the observatory had also detected 3I/ATLAS, 10 days earlier.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 May 2026
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Associated Press Key Facts The outbreak has sickened 246 people and killed 65 so far, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and preliminary lab results have reportedly detected Ebola in 13 of 20 samples tested.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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“Poked (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poked%20%28around%29. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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