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Rosie runs down the road to greet her owner.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025 -
Forbes senior contributor Dave Altavilla runs down the tech specs of the new platform and its developer tools.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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In Season 1 Morgan discovered Roman may have inadvertently become involved in Los Angeles' criminal underworld, and Karadec finds out Roman was an FBI informant who's likely now in Nevada.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Paul finds out and blows his top.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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An intimate portrait of love and exhaustion that finds the comic edge in ordinary chaos.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Many of these real-life experiences end tragically, but when the musician survives and finds sobriety, the war stories don’t go away.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Notably, prospects Colby Barlow, Brad Lambert, Nikita Chibrikov and Brayden Yager are all still with the big club.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Ahead of first pitch, Royals prospects David Shields and Carson Roccaforte were among those dressed in luxury suits to receive their organizational awards.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
20 Sep. 2025
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This is the real-world psychology that determines relationship success or failure, and many matchmakers overlook these deeper patterns.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government, determines how to fund departments in the executive branch.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Pokes (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pokes%20%28around%29. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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