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While this is obviously easier said than done, there has been movement recently that suggests the SCORE Act could make its way to the House floor next week, which is at least a step in the right direction.
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Trey Wallace, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
Katie Stockton, founder and managing at Fairlead Strategies, said the stock market could be due for a breather, especially those parts that have rallied recently like semiconductors.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 15 May 2026
Patel recently sued The Atlantic for $250 million over the outlet's claims about his alleged on-the-job drinking and concerns within the bureau about his ability to lead.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
The space was most recently home to soul food restaurant Skyview 22.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
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Trey Wallace, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
Katie Stockton, founder and managing at Fairlead Strategies, said the stock market could be due for a breather, especially those parts that have rallied recently like semiconductors.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 15 May 2026
Patel recently sued The Atlantic for $250 million over the outlet's claims about his alleged on-the-job drinking and concerns within the bureau about his ability to lead.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
The space was most recently home to soul food restaurant Skyview 22.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recently
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The videos slot into the lineage of vaguely ambient visuals that have lately become Drake’s bread and butter.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
15 May 2026
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If your mattress has been feeling a little too firm lately, this pillowy mattress topper is an easy fix without buying a whole new bed.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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Most of them were spent on the third defensive pairing, and then the 22-year-old was scratched for Tyson Hinds late in the year as Quenneville favored the size of Hinds, who spent most of his season in the American Hockey League.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Cummins, who worked as a senior vice president at Serco, a government contractor that works with local and federal agencies, would take over a TSA bruised by the longest partial government shutdown in history, which ended late last month.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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In Season 3, Kate and Hal are put even further at odds when newly sworn-in President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) asks Hal, rather than Kate, to serve as her vice president.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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No one told her about an aid program in Ohio open to kinship families newly formed without child welfare officials opening a legal case.—
Jayme Fraser,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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Gas in Los Angeles averages just over $6 per gallon as of Tuesday, per AAA.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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Surveillance camera footage captured Mott scaling an 8-foot fence topped with barbed wire at the perimeter of the airport in just 15 seconds, then walking across the runway.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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“Recently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recently. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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