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Originally designed as a response to the Black Lives Matter protests and a call to keep armed police officers out of the Metro system, the agency deployed roughly three hundred ambassadors to stations and transit vehicles in the city’s core.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026 -
The Dodgers dropped outfielder Kyle Tucker to sixth in the lineup Friday, in a batting order Roberts said was designed to combat Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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On March 15th, while Hitler spoke from a palace balcony to hundreds of thousands of ecstatic Austrians, Heidi’s father planned escapes for his family.—
Nicholas Dawidoff,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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That told me that the CTA planned — or at least hoped — to eventually extend the line from Midway to Ford City.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s decision on how to engage with those discussions was shaped in part by the prospect of freeing its prisoners.—
Darlene Superville,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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The address—which hosted a grand opening on March 25—is replete with institutions that have shaped the capital’s traditions of private hospitality.—
Ken Silverio,
Robb Report,
9 May 2026
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While the city has calculated SB 79 will require allowing 367,000 more housing units near transit stops, Vonblum said that number may come down marginally when the city calculates potential units developers could build near transit stops under Complete Communities.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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The researchers calculated how long such solar destruction of debris in Mercury’s orbit takes and arrived at a timescale of about four million years.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
8 May 2026
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A lot of draft pundits, including at The Athletic, have maneuvered a handful of defensemen inside their top six all year, along with McKenna and Stenberg.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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The Patriots maneuvered up the board again on Friday, trading up to select Illinois edge defender Gabe Jacas 55th overall.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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Gorman’s songs have charted on Billboard, and his YouTube account has more than 380 million streams.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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Amid all the back-and-forth, Illinois charted its own course on vaccines, breaking with the federal government.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Las Vegas also drafted Trey Zuhn III, who can play all five positions up front, in the third-round.—
Sam Warren,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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The Marlins have five days to trade or release Paddack, who was drafted by the team in the eighth round in 2015.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
5 May 2026
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Poliakoff could not say how much taller because that’s still being worked out.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2026
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The first two haven’t worked out yet.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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“Programmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/programmed. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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