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Four others indicted in the case were given sentences of as much as six years in prison, with one woman getting a 10-month sentence, suspended for three years.—
Debby Wu,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026 -
Although the Houthis suspended their attacks on Red Sea shipping in the wake of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to end their two-year war last fall, most ocean carriers have largely avoided the waterway due to safety risks.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Hippos have an average lifespan of up to 50 years and no natural predators in Colombia, which is why the population ballooned from just four to nearly 200 today.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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The demand for slots skyrocketed and the auction prices ballooned in recent weeks as a standoff between the Iran and the United States over access to the strait kept traffic bottlenecked.—
Alma Solis,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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In a Signal group chat earlier this year with other Silicon Valley elite, Brin floated the idea of raising hundreds of millions of dollars to influence California politics, according to a person who saw the message.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2026
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McCrory also floated the possibility of Henry starting a new program at Blue Hills to help people obtain judicial pardons.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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Although San Francisco Bay is cold, the fitness icon Jack La Lanne once swam to the island pulling a rowboat, and several children also made the swim.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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At the event, children could make paper at an activity table and experience animals inside the museum, including Augie, a red-eared slider turtle, who swam to the surface briefly when visitors peered into the pool.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Chase Elliott was supposed to be the guy, but that ship sailed a long time ago.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Both the attorney general and state treasurer Republican candidates sailed through their GOP nominations unchallenged at the convention Saturday.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Fans may remember the home from the scene in which a character is dangled from one of the property's terraces.—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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The aerial dance troupe Bandaloop dangled from the side of Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium as part of this year's celebration.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Draped across a sumptuous velvet chaise longue within the art deco splendour of Eltham Palace, Susie Cave is moonlighting as a fabulous Biba-bobbed lady of the manor.—
Alice Newbold,
Vogue,
20 Apr. 2026
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Pink poodles with long black eyelashes danced in a can-can line, a quartet of googly-eyed cacti bobbed along to the music and a trio of small white dogs galloped on the stage.—
Rebecca Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Rafted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rafted. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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