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Sears Tower ended the Empire State Building’s four-decade reign as the world’s tallest and transformed the West Loop into a glittering office corridor.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026 -
The complex consists of a 1960s-era office block transformed into a five-star hotel, a photo studio revived as a fitness and swim club, and a brutalist parking garage converted into office spaces, with an art gallery set up in the old spiral parking ramp.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 May 2026
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Villagers also exchanged Chinese money.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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The proposals also come after leaders of the two countries had exchanged some of their harshest threats, Khan said, fueling fears that military hostilities could resume at any moment.—
Toqa Ezzidin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Glyphosate 'revolutionized farming' Introduced in the 1970s, Roundup quickly became the top-selling herbicide in the United States and integral to farming.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Earlier this millennium, the team that formerly called Oakland home revolutionized the sport.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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And, in March 2024, Parson commuted the sentence of former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, who was convicted of driving while intoxicated and causing a crash that severely injured a 5-year-old girl.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
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The zoo’s management wanted to put Ziggy down, but Lewis begged that the sentence be commuted to life imprisonment, indoors.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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That chapter taught us that even our pain can be transmuted into power.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
30 Dec. 2025
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American narratives about racial prejudice, immigration, and injustice have been transmuted into the just-different-enough context of Catholic versus Protestant battle lines.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
27 Nov. 2025
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“Retooled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retooled. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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