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Instant oatmeal is cooked longer, rolled flatter, and chopped into smaller pieces than rolled oats.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
19 May 2026 -
An authentic Philly cheesesteak sandwich, for which the meat is thinly sliced, never chopped!—
Susan Spencer,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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The first baseman got back in the swing of things on the City Series stage Saturday, connecting for two long balls as the White Sox pummeled the Cubs 8-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 38,795 at Rate Field.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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But the production crisis, which has rocked Hollywood and pummeled its workforce, has reached a critical juncture.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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First baseman Ashley Griffin slapped an RBI single into center field, scoring catcher Beth Damon, extending the lead to 5-1 and ending Braswell’s day.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2026
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Firstman all but preemptively slapped an A24 logo on Club Kid, which doesn’t have distribution yet as of this writing, but his film really would fit into their stable of commercially friendly art flicks, down to its gooey heart.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Whyte pulled the driver out of the car and cuffed him while the other officers moved to cuff Rivera.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Two inmates punched and kicked the victim for about 30 seconds in his cell, while a third inmate stood guard.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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Coventry and Ipswich Town already punched their EPL tickets by finishing first and second in the EFL standings.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
19 May 2026
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On the Mall, the wide avenue leading to the palace, a sudden downpour and a bitter wind buffeted a scant line of crowds, huddled under umbrellas against the barriers lining the iconic red roadway.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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From player fights to bizarre news conferences, arguably the world’s biggest soccer team has been buffeted from one attention-grabbing revelation to another.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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What to read next In these simulations, the team was able to show how Triton being captured into the Neptune system actually knocked Nereid into its current, highly eccentric orbit.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
20 May 2026
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Nothing about her performance knocked me out.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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The response by Israel to the incident of the idiot IDF soldier in Lebanon who whacked the statue of Jesus Christ with a sledgehammer reflects well upon Israel, which immediately apologized, provided a new statue and jailed the soldier for 30 days.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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The racket could be seen bending as Medvedev repeatedly whacked it on the clay court, as the crowd cheered with every strike.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Roughed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roughed. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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