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The weekend While Friday finishes on a comfy note with highs hovering around, a summer-like pattern officially gets Saturday underway as warmer air begins to pump into the state.—
Ahmad Bajjey,
CBS News,
16 May 2026 -
Voters will elect a new mayor in 2027 as Quinton Lucas finishes his second term in office.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2026
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Though Brind’Amour vigorously chews his gum behind the players on the Hurricanes bench, Daniels is often stoic, blending into a background of red and white.—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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One enzyme acts as a random chopper, snipping the long polymer chains into smaller pieces, while the other slowly chews these pieces into their monomer building units from each end.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026
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“Polishes off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polishes%20off. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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