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The team identified a continuous midline feature that began as a fleshy crest along the neck and trunk and transitioned over the hips into a single row of spikes running down the tail — each spike positioned over a single vertebra and fitted to each other.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Hernandez, now a Southern Section champion again, along with all the other winners will move onto the CIF preliminaries next Saturday to face the rest of the state's top female jumpers, with a chance to get back to the state finals.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Tennyson never made it to the Southern Section track preliminaries after winning the league title.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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What looks like favorable unit economics in 2026 may look very different after the next wave of capability jumps.—
Mayur Khandelwal,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Throughout the weekend, spectators gathered around a large outdoor pool as dogs sprinted down a runway and launched themselves into the water, with some jumps stretching more than 14 feet.—
CBS Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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And Cassidy's overtures to Trump voters may fall flat as well.—
Sam Gringlas,
NPR,
16 May 2026
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However, Havana has rejected past overtures — including Washington’s recent offer of $100 million in aid — while the regime has vowed to hold on to power despite rising domestic and foreign pressures.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
15 May 2026
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Kelly and Poupart think Achane will push for more from the the Dolphins, and that anticipated contract extensions by the Atlanta Falcons’ Bijan Robinson and Detroit Lions’ Jahmyr Gibbs will/should impact Achane’s contract extension.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
13 May 2026
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The unions were so fruitful that the team eventually signed both pitchers to contract extensions.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Temperatures are expected to ramp up across Southern California this weekend, with some valley warm-ups expected to approach 100 degrees, just in time for Mother’s Day.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Once again the Joker to Mendoza’s Batman, Diego Pavia reveals he overslept and missed pregame warm-ups against Bama.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
5 May 2026
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Stranger Things’ transformation—from a charming homage to ’80s blockbusters to a sprawling transmedia franchise—was ribbed later in last night’s episode, in a commercial parody imagining a string of continuations.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
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Many of the actions are continuations of boycotts that started earlier this year.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
28 Nov. 2025
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“Run-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run-ups. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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