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Smith maintained many of the gifts cited by Cannon fell under exceptions to the disclosure rules, including those governing charity event tickets and gifts for birthdays or holidays.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Or at least the craziest until Malinin began doing on ice back flips during the 2024-25 season after the International Skating Union, the sport’s global governing body, lifted a ban on the stunt.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Rousseau is a notoriously controlling and meticulous leader, obsessed with optics and strict about the physical fitness of his members.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
15 Dec. 2025
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Yet another was a forum for people who, like me, had left a highly controlling religious denomination.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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The officials were fooled, ruling it incomplete.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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But two judges separately ordered the government to keep the money following, ruling last week that the administration could not skip November’s benefits entirely.—
Michelle L. Price,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Even Germany, with many former Nazis regnant in public life, and unabashedly fascist Spain could be accommodated in the West’s anti-totalitarian community, helped by historians such as Ernst Nolte, who argued that Nazism and fascism were simply consequences of Bolshevism.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, anti-Chinese sentiment has become not merely trendy, but politically regnant.—
Sam Thielman,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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This type of system could be useful for monitoring transplant patients who need to take immunosuppressive drugs, or people with infections such as HIV or TB, who need treatment for an extended period of time.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Officers were in the area monitoring the situation and later cleared the scene.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But a former senior law enforcement official with knowledge of DHS found Ross’s actions deeply concerning.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Frankie Price, a redshirt senior, is expected back around midseason in her recovery from an Achilles tendon injury suffered during the NCAA regional semifinals.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Globe president Marc Robinson and co-managing directors Jennifer Hills and Sarah Desmond have more than 50 years of combined experience in connecting music artists with entertainment, brand, or other partners to put them where culture is shaped and conversations are created.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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Frank Sixt, the co-managing director of CK Hutchison, said during the port operator’s earnings call on Thursday that the deal’s size and complexity would prevent it from closing in 2025, even if binding agreements were already agreed upon.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The supervisory review is ongoing to assess how bank policies were applied over the last five years.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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Congress exercises supervisory and oversight powers to call officials to testify.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Reigning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reigning. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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