Founded in 2008, Groupon, which once spurned a $6 billion takeover offer from Google on its way to a $25 billion valuation, has fallen in recent years to a fraction of its previous worth amid sharp revenue declines.
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Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
For example, according to The Athletic, Vancouver Whitecaps signing Thomas Müller spurned FC Cincinnati because of concerns he’d be turned into a marketing machine with the city’s German-American community, and instead opted for a club where the main focus would be on the field.
She was discovered by a photographer in the lobby of a modeling agency that had just rejected her.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Sep. 2025
Neither Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin nor the camp representing star forward Kirill Kaprizov are saying much after the team’s potentially history-making first contract offer was reportedly rejected.
But the friendship fell apart earlier this year when Farage refused to echo Musk’s support for Robinson, the founder of the now-defunct anti-immigration English Defence League (EDL), who was previously jailed for being in contempt of court by repeating false accusations about a Syrian refugee.
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Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
After handling raw chicken, an employee refused to wash his hands in the handwashing sink, instead of the prep sink.
While oud can be polarizing—prized by some for its longevity and scorned by others for its animalic bite—the version in this bottle is rounder, creamier, and more nuanced than your standard-issue oud oil, with a clarity that feels paradoxical given its depth.
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Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
2 Sep. 2025
In Splitsville, Julie is a wife scorned and ignored.
Namely, the fact that Powell’s booksellers had been raising concerns about the use AI art long before the merch drop—concerns that management repeatedly overruled.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
More on the Voters Right to Know Act that 72% of Arizona voters passed in 2022 and why it could be overruled.
Champion later revealed to Vestavia Voice that she was first scouted at one of her sister's pageants.
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Arielle Tschinkel,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Credit should also go to whoever scouted and dressed the deliberately dreary locations used, a selection of bare concrete architecture in what looks like the cheating side of every town.
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Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
Monday’s rating is significantly better than Trump’s -15 net approval rating Morning Consult found at this point in his first term, when 40% of voters approved and 55% disapproved of his job performance.
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Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
That was a decline too from March, when the pollsters found that 48 percent approved and 47 percent disapproved.
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