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Russia is believed to be using a fleet of hundreds of ships to evade sanctions over its war against Ukraine.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026 -
According to police, the vehicle was able to evade capture.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2026
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The twist that Evan is Richard Warren’s descendant is the first and most useful scaffolding for Widow’s Bay being able to dodge a season-two slump.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
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After welcoming a second child, dodging more cheating rumors, and splitting again, Cardi filed for divorce a second time — before announcing her third pregnancy with Offset a day later.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 June 2026
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The official sidestepped a question about whether Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has personally signed off on the current agreement.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Now, researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have taken a very different approach to sidestep all of that – one 500 million years in the making.—
Omar Kardoudi
June 13,
New Atlas,
13 June 2026
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“Pump-fake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pump-fake. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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