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Verb
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Additional employer or philanthropic initiatives aimed at seeding accounts could further increase early balances.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
15 May 2026 -
Nix and Drake Maye finally square off in a matchup that could have massive conference-seeding implications, and could feature a blizzard in Foxborough instead of a blizzard in Denver this time around.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
13 May 2026
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The problem is that the AI is misleadingly planting very sour ideas in my head and could easily push me into a much worse mental condition.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Kapuga nods to men digging mud out of shin-deep water, preparing the paddy fields for planting rice.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
16 May 2026
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Both candidates were the only ones to say California should resume offshore drilling.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
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Cape Station entails drilling wells 10,000 feet deep—about 2 miles—and then directionally drilling horizontally another 7,500 feet to create adequately sized reservoirs, and fracking (hydraulic fracturing) the rock to release the flows of water naturally heated to more than 400 degrees.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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Before the late April game against Streamwood, Sanchez was enthusiastic about the work the East Aurora High School team has been putting in.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Offensive quality control coach Dean Petzing worked with the offensive line, putting in protections.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
13 May 2026
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Remember to harden off the seedlings for a week or two before transplanting to avoid transplant shock.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
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There has been some recent success transplanting pig kidneys and hearts into people, but this is believed to be the first attempt to transplant a pig lung into a human.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
25 Aug. 2025
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In Taipei, Cheng spoke to CNN just steps away from the towering bronze statue of former KMT leader Chiang Kai-shek, whose defeat by communist forces during the Chinese civil war eight decades ago led to his retreat to the island – sowing the seed of tensions across the Taiwan Strait ever since.—
Wayne Chang,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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Plant radishes around the base of tomato plant to trap flea beetles, sowing seeds a few weeks prior to setting tomatoes.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 May 2026
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“Potting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potting. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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