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Other playful jeering is fair game, including when a winner selects the next ticket and ends up drawing his own numbers twice more in a row.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
28 Oct. 2025 -
This nationally competitive program, funded by NASA, selects students who will increase their knowledge of science, technology, engineering and math through Earth and space education.—
Magda Liszewska,
Oc Register,
21 Oct. 2025
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Stocked with 24 whole-leaf teas that beckon to be opened and enjoyed each day of December before Christmas, the set itself doubles as an objet d’art that will beautify the kitchen, bedroom, or wherever else its recipient chooses to park it for the month.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
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That rigidity probably explains why Gospodinov chooses, against all evidence, to call the book a novel.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Now the Red Sox are expected to lose another productive hitter — albeit one who never got a chance to swing the bat at Fenway Park this season — if outfielder Trayce Thompson elects free agency.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Thai parliament elects new PM Thailand has its third prime minister in a year after Anutin Charnvirakul breezed through a parliamentary vote.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Nobody who has even a slight awareness of how the organization does business expected the Ravens to trade multiple Day 1/2 draft picks for a player.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Interestingly, Downs will now wear the same jersey number as his brother, Ohio State standout safety Caleb Downs, who is likely to be one of the top picks in the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Ranee personally prefers styling her flare jeans with a kitten heel like this best-selling pair.—
Rylee Johnston,
PEOPLE,
1 Nov. 2025
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Glasner prefers his players to know their role perfectly, to complement each other and to commit to the game plan largely without deviation.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Preselects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preselects. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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