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But its rapid scale up portends major changes in the machinery of American health care, swapping manual processes for ones driven by a multitude of AI products.—
Casey Ross,
STAT,
6 Apr. 2026 -
This dynamic portends a tragic end for Iran.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2026
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Preliminary investigation indicates the Hyundai was traveling eastbound on Northwest 199th Street and ran a red light, colliding with the bus, which had a green arrow while turning left onto Northwest 7th Avenue, authorities said.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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The meters use electrical conductivity or tensiometer tubes that measure the suction exerted by the soil on the water, which indicates the soil moisture available to plants.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2026
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Weeks after slashing his staff by 40%, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payments company Block, foresees middle management’s complete extinction.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Under that scenario, Mahdavi foresees gas prices jumping to $5 or $6 a gallon.—
Rachel Swan,
San Francisco Chronicle,
5 Mar. 2026
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With almost three years left in his final term, Trump’s absence from CPAC foreshadows his eventual departure as leader of the GOP and the conservative movement, a role typically served by the president or the party’s leading contender for the White House.—
Gromer Jeffers Jr.
Political,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The book wonderfully foreshadows one of its best moments, but the film doesn’t do this at all, setting up the action with a few lines of dialog instead.—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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The change in coma chemistry observed by the team implies that the internal chemistry of 3I/ATLAS differs from its external chemistry.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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This is exactly what its name implies – gold bullion investments that are less than one troy ounce, or a fraction of that traditional measurement.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The park warns that bear activity is especially high from May to August and advises visitors to check for closures.—
Devarrick Turner,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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Basins, aquifers, and other natural storage systems have been drained past recovery in our lifetimes, and one analyst warns markets aren’t taking the matter seriously enough.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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The district lost 10,000 students this year and anticipates losing another 10,000 next year.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Delane anticipates receiver Vandrevius Jacobs’ 5-yard comeback and utilizes the sideline as an extra defender, staying on his hip the entire time before eventually sticking his hand in to break up the pass.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Kamm tail, with its upturned spoiler and flat panel adorned with Ferrari’s signature twin round taillights, is a nod to aerodynamics that prefigures the shape of the Lusso’s spiritual successor, the 275 GTB.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
16 Feb. 2026
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Tragedy strikes many times in this decades-spanning story, in many forms, but the defining event of Grainier’s life sees his home burned to the ground, an event that eerily prefigures the LA fires of early 2025.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Presignifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presignifies. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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