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Verb
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Athletes have been suspended or banned for gambling violations.—
Luke Connors,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026 -
Their spa-like bathrooms take up almost half the floor plans and centre around a wall-less rain shower suspended from the ceiling.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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Delivery times for the laptop have ballooned to as much as four weeks as Taiwan’s Quanta and Foxconn rush to fill orders from factories in Vietnam and China.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Take note that the Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM) , which has Micron Technology , SK Hynix and Samsung as its largest holdings, has already ballooned to $10 billion in assets under management, after only launching a little over a month ago.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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The proposal differs from other ideas that have been floated to replace gas tax money that isn't collected from EV drivers.—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Watts has said doctors initially dismissed her menopause symptoms and floated other diagnoses before considering hormones.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
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One whale traveled just over 9,300 miles (15,000 kilometers), outranking previous recordholders including a humpback that swam from Colombia to Zanzibar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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Cal Fire said California State Parks lifeguards swam from Greyhound State Beach CA State Parks with lifeguards and AMR responded.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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Over the course of May 9 and 10, scientists at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory worked around the clock to develop a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for Andes hantavirus, which has sickened at least 10 and killed three people who sailed on board the MV Hondius.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
18 May 2026
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The ship then sailed for the port of Praia in Cape Verde, but was denied permission to dock.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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During a recent Tuesday-morning visit, two sunbathers dangled their legs in the outdoor roof pool, while a staycationing couple and their little son splashed in the water nearby.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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Two gold chains dangled outside her uniform.—
Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
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Yellow dandelions bobbed in the breeze.—
Maggie Slepian,
Longreads,
14 May 2026
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Jordan—who seemed more fish than girl, her bobbed blonde hair tinted green as old pennies—walked with a confidence that Ana wished for her own daughter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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“Rafted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rafted. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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