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And critically, this regrowth isn’t directed by the brain sending detailed instructions.—
Amy Eliza Wong,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026 -
An argument inside a North Philadelphia bar after Super Bowl LX led to a shooting that left a 29-year-old man critically wounded, according to police.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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For example, developing a skin cream that protects troops from frostbite or a spray-on coating that prevents ice buildup from negatively impacting the performance of military vehicles and equipment.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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Both leaders are underwater with respondents, with Trump viewed unfavorably by 8 percent more respondents than those who viewed him favorably and Biden viewed unfavorably by 10 percent more respondents than those who viewed him favorably.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
3 Feb. 2026
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Of the respondents, 25% view unions unfavorably with another 27% neutral and 1% having never heard of unions.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
28 Jan. 2026
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The barely disguised soullessness with which AI leaders operate, perhaps, has provided a window for entrepreneurs to peddle a more humane message, in good faith or not in good faith, naively or cynically.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
22 Jan. 2026
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Fairly or unfairly, genuinely or cynically, questions about Mamdani and Israel—and Palestine, and Jews, and faith, and war, and peace—appear likely to continue.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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Trump wrote, referring disparagingly to its defense capabilities under Denmark.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
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Fatsis quotes a Britannica editor comparing Wikipedia, disparagingly, to a public rest room—a comparison that’s not entirely wrong.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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The New York of the nineteen-eighties was, warily, a city in transition.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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So Tehran is likely eyeing these developments very warily.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Reproachingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reproachingly. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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