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As Arizona squeezes more money from its decreasing share of river water, freighting every drop with critical industries and a booming housing market, the price of water is bound to keep climbing.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
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The country’s geography squeezes a wild variety into a tight map.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Whether that survives the Court (or is replaced with an overt carbon tariff à la Cassidy-Graham) is the real policy cliffhanger.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Choose Varieties Suitable for Your Zone Successfully growing lavender starts with selecting the right lavender variety for your hardiness zone to increase the chances that the plant survives the winter and regrows the following year.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
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However, depending on how long the shutdown lasts, the commodity offerings could eventually start to run dry, Little said.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The journey from Bönigen to Interlaken by water lasts around 90 minutes.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
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Here, the director wrests a radioactive joy from observing Godard generate ideas with his ensemble, even as others pull their hair out around him.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Seattle fans can already envision a future where a one-loss Seahawks team wrests control of the division away from Los Angeles in early November, but Tampa Bay has to be the first domino to fall.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Each affords particular outlets for decompressing and harvesting the stressors of high-capacity jobs.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
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Alexander affords the Eagles more depth at outside cornerback.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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