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Verb
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Galante, 48, lives in North Carolina with 14 cats — Bean, Sunny, Princess Butterscotch, Dumpling, Penny, Shadow, Eugene, Miles, Leo, Oreo, Ranger, Timmy, Pumpkin and Miso — all rescues she's taken in since 2023.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026 -
Carrie makes the internal transfer on the system, moving me from my old role to my new one, ‘accidentally’ deletes the job listing from the website, and then rescues my employee profile from the digital abyss.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But there is only one functioning excavator in Gaza available for body recoveries, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.—
Anas Baba,
NPR,
6 May 2026
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Successful environmental and consumer protection actions generate recoveries that fund further remediation, while case selection and strategic prosecution of repeat offenders and nuisance properties serve as a deterrent and reduce future caseloads.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
Verb
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For the fourth straight game, the B’s managed just one goal in regulation on Alex Lyon (25 saves on Friday).—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
2 May 2026
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In other words, the center makes use of energy that’s already being generated and saves it for when suppliers need more.—
Sofi Zeman
May 2,
Kansas City Star,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Blue Owl was among the poster children of this phenomenon, halting quarterly redemptions in OBDC II in mid-February, and opting instead to return capital periodically through portfolio asset sales.—
Leslie Picker,
CNBC,
27 Apr. 2026
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Eminence has suspended redemptions in order to facilitate an orderly wind down, Sandler said in the letter.—
Hema Parmar,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Ransoms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ransoms. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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