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The actor had lived in the home for some time previous to the renovation, and is seen walking through the bare-bones home sharing stories about each room before the gut job began.
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Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
In the four years previous to that Flamengo and Palmeiras dominated South American football winning two titles each.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The other alleged incident happened previous to the plaintiff’s full-time employment with Ye’s operations, which started in 2021.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Pulte lived in Florida previous to his nomination to lead the independent agency, but his family has roots in metro Detroit.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 14 Jan. 2022
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Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
In the four years previous to that Flamengo and Palmeiras dominated South American football winning two titles each.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The other alleged incident happened previous to the plaintiff’s full-time employment with Ye’s operations, which started in 2021.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Pulte lived in Florida previous to his nomination to lead the independent agency, but his family has roots in metro Detroit.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 14 Jan. 2022
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Razer went public in 2017, listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange, before going private again in 2022.—
Lucy Handley,
CNBC,
1 Nov. 2025
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Liberty Hall, a PE sponsor focused exclusively on aerospace and defense, is a long-standing Houlihan Lokey client, and had hired Triago before the acquisition to lead a CV.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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With nearly 8,000 people working there prior to the shutdown, the Little Rock Air Force Base was the sixth-largest employer in the state as of 2023.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Oct. 2025
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Federal standards require rigorous inspections to be done prior to demolition, and those inspections are then documented with a certification.—
Dr. Mark Abdelmalek,
ABC News,
30 Oct. 2025
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In addition to the studio mandate to crush the competition, Browning had an additional motivation to focus his film on sideshow.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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If the indigo color isn’t to your liking, there’s also red, gray, burgundy, black, and brown.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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