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Each guest selects a Wagyu knife from a box presented tableside.—
Joe Mutascio,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Earlier in the new Ryan Murphy series, the audience watches as Carolyn Bessette selects Kate Moss’s headshot out of a slush pile in Calvin Klein’s office.—
Anna Grace Lee,
Vogue,
19 Feb. 2026
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If the company chooses not to comply, a senior Pentagon official said Hegseth would invoke the Defense Production Act to compel Anthropic to do so anyway.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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In Los Angeles, the council chooses its own president.—
Sara Albrecht,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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In New York City, the City Council elects a speaker who sets the agenda.—
Sara Albrecht,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Under party rules, the congress, which Kim has held every five years since 2016, elects the general secretary to serve as the party’s top representative and leader.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Sometimes, in the schoolyard picks before scrimmages, Bird wasn’t selected at all.—
Keith O'Brien,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2026
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These picks make getting ready for bed feel like a part of the itinerary.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2026
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Strip Law is a show that prefers to keep everything very close to the surface, including its case-of-the-week mocking of how surface-level Las Vegas is — even if roughly half those cases don’t have much to do with Vegas at all.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Feb. 2026
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Michael Cunningham prefers free agent Zack Littell, who’s durable and can do the dirty work to get the Braves into playoff contention.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Preselects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preselects. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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