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Recent Examples of rechannelBut his camp imagination soon ran way too wild and his efforts to rechannel bygone allure bordered on the carnivalesque.—Nathan Smith, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
The entrance of Thea Elvsted (Celeste Arias), a school girl acquaintance, both unsettles and diverts Hedda.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
Money that should be reinvested into improving services and expanding operations is instead diverted to legal defense and settlements, especially in a system where these cases rarely, if ever, go before a jury.
Other pushes Trump made in his speech have slimmer prospects of becoming law this year, such as his package of health care proposals that would redirect Affordable Care Act subsidies directly to consumers’ health savings accounts.
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Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
This season, Glassman redirected his annual family ski trip to nearby Solitude Mountain Resort and Brighton Resort — two mountains favored by locals for their steep terrain and lower price points.
In this case, however, your expertise is needed to help a jury (or litigants) decide whether someone’s personal or professional behavior deviated from the norm in a way that would irreparably harm another person.
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Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
Technique, identity and a willingness to deviate from orthodoxy do.
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Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
President James Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise, meant to avert a conflict over slavery by equalizing the number of states where the brutal practice was and was not allowed, on March 6, 1820.
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Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
To avert the crisis, Yue had to rush to switch off the Mac Mini machine where her claw resided.
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its fifth year of hostilities on Tuesday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky went on a media offensive, speaking to several news outlets to reiterate the need for international pressure on Moscow and deflect criticisms about his own rule.
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Chad de Guzman,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
The Attorney General of the United States deflects and denies.
The redistricting efforts, though appearing significant in scope, reflect legitimate partisan responses to shifting political terrain, where defensive countermeasures by one party are necessary to balance aggressive moves by the other party seeking electoral advantages.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
This footage is overlaid with rapidly shifting colors via video synthesizer, obscuring our view, and an iris that periodically frames the runner.
In June, his twin sons transferred to his alma mater from a Detroit prep school with hopes of making their papa proud and lifting the town’s spirit.
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Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
Whereas lithium-ion technologies are transferred from electric vehicle chemistries, Form’s tech instead focuses on heavier, less-efficient iron-air batteries that are, most notably, much cheaper than lithium-ion.