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Armed with a satellite phone, an array of prepared foods, a stack of books and a Sony Walkman, Pinkney traveled from Boston to Bermuda and then to the British Virgin Islands, Brazil, Cape Town, South Africa, and across the Indian Ocean to Tasmania.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026 -
After all, Amazon is the only company with a realistic chance of launching a satellite broadband service to compete directly with SpaceX’s Starlink any time soon.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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Meyers was, of course, doing some classic company man work by taking jabs at one of NBC’s major network rivals.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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With that in mind, and a lack of serious options at the moment, the decisions to appoint two company men, Rosenior and Fletcher — albeit in different circumstances — is more understandable than in previous years.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2026
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Previously thought to have been built by slaves, excavation has revealed the workers were Egyptian laborers from low-income families.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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Aniello, who directed both bookend episodes, replicates her own long, dynamic shot from the series premiere, which tracks Deborah from the closing joke of her zillionth Vegas set, through a backstage warren of minions and admirers, to her dressing room.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Your president and his minions spread war, chaos, lies and economic instability.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Launched in early 1982, the original MOTU line-up saw He-Man and Skeletor joined by heroes Teela (at this point, the only female character), Man-at-Arms and Stratos; the morally ambiguous Zodac; and a couple of Skeletor's henchmen, Beast Man and Mer-Man.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
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The remoteness of their surroundings is no accident; one of these characters is fleeing an inconvenient past, which returns with a vengeance in the form of a beefy sadist (Benoît Magimel) and his two hostage-taking henchmen.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 May 2026
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The parasite is the larvae of a fly that lays its eggs in open animal wounds.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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The latest threat to beef prices is the New World screwworm, with a batch of cases in Texas calves marking the first outbreak of the parasite in livestock in five decades.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Then, take a non-abrasive sponge and scrub.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
5 June 2026
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Wash nonstick pans with mild detergent and a soft sponge, not abrasive scrubbers.—
Ryan Brennan
June 2,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
21 May 2026
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That means, of course, she’s now been phased out of her role as a factory lackey in dystopian near-future Brazil due to her age.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Running dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20dog. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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