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Lutnick, now the secretary of commerce, specifically lobbied for a former Uber executive to run the Department of Transportation.—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025 The film is dated for August 6, 2027, and this incarnation will explore the glamour and corruption of mid-1980s Miami, inspired by the pilot episode and first season of the NBC television series that ran from 1984-1089 and influenced the culture from fashion to filmmaking.—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
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In early June, the Royals promoted him to the 26-man roster to help generate more run production.—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025 Yet, the club still nipped the Lakers on 2024-25 revenue, $620 million to $618 million, thanks to the playoff run—the Lakers lost in the first round.—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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There’s a particularly tragic moment when Bruggelstein tells the story of his drunken father getting run over by a mower, which the young boy witnessed.—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025 The boy fell to the ground and ultimately was ran over by the vehicle, according to Rogers police.—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
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Alker wasn’t the only player with a first-round birdie run.—Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2025 Intel now has two fabs running 18A nodes, which are designed for AI and high-performance computing applications.—Kristina Partsinevelos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for run
Selling a put under those conditions, with roughly 60 days to expiration, positions the seller to capture elevated option premium while capturing the tendency for prices to revert toward the mean.
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Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
However, the former collegiate volleyball player says her husband, Philadelphia Eagles guard Landon Dickerson, doesn't share her cautionary tendencies.
Michelle turned back, but the other two children went walking along a trail near what is now I-395 and came across a brook.
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Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
1 Oct. 2025
The property, which features lush greenery and old-growth trees set among babbling brooks and water features, is open to the public, and the gardens have served as a popular spot for weddings over the decades in addition to an annual Mother’s Day tea that Weston said attracts hundreds each year.
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Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Sep. 2025
Everyone in Jamaica should be preparing for a major hurricane strike with a long duration of hurricane conditions lasting 2-3+ days Saturday/Sunday into Monday/Tuesday next week.
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Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
For Engelhardt, the problem screen time named was not merely one of duration but one of pace.
Lawmakers from both major political parties have expressed concerns about Trump ordering the military actions without receiving authorization from Congress or providing many details.
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Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
Employees represented by United Auto Workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant workers will hold a strike authorization vote next week, following the company’s final offer last month.
When the lines of a CME’s magnetic field and those of the Earth’s magnetic field are pointed in the opposite directions, the CME can unite with the Earth’s magnetosphere and fill it with vast quantities of solar energy.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
The contract was awarded at a time when the world was racing to field missiles that could change direction while traveling at several times the speed of sound.
The severity of the flooding in urban and rural areas led to temporary closures and warnings about flash flooding along rivers, creeks and streams, especially in Central Texas sectors from Austin through the ArkLaTex region.
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Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
His land holdings included a tobacco farm, orchards, a swampy area adjoining a creek, and his humble family home.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro also said that Carranza was innocent and that his boat was displaying a distress signal at the time of the attack, according to CBS News.
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Amy McCarthy,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
The display area matches the size of a human pupil and achieves a resolution beyond 25,000 pixels per inch (ppi), which is about 150 times denser than most smartphone screens.
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