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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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Jerry swam strongly for three or four minutes, then rolled over on his back and floated.—
Jim Hoagland,
Outdoor Life,
30 Apr. 2026
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Images taken a day earlier showed divers alongside Timmy as the humpback whale swam into the barge.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
29 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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Not a lot is explained, just dangled, which might be annoying to some.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The passengers, who were seen in distress while strapped in their seats as the capsule dangled in the air, were later seen lying on the ground before paramedics arrived at the scene.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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Crews then raced to recover the astronauts aboard the vehicle, which bobbed for a few hours in the Pacific Ocean near California.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
29 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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“Rafted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rafted. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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