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Montage International launched its private collection of Montage Estate wine in December, featuring three varietals harvested at Montage Healdsburg in partnership with Aperture Cellars.
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Nina Ruggiero,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2026
Federal officials say Americans can expect to see even more muscular immigration enforcement in the coming months, with over 10,000 new ICE agents hitting the streets, armed with personal data harvested by private contractors.
Schreiber stopped in front of the large, dirty door that was held together with metal strips, fished in his pockets for a key, and turned it twice in the lock.
Lecholop acknowledged that the key feature of the process is removing a board elected by the community and replacing it with one hand-picked by Morath.
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Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
There, a group of KPMG staffers followed and sometimes interjected their own thoughts on the building, while workers fastened the last screws on light bulbs and organized plants strewn around the office.
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Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
Schools reaped more than half the total collections in recent years.
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Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Oct. 2025
TikTok users quickly latched onto the mashup’s bizarre dichotomy and used the accompanying sound, which now soundtracks over 726,000 creates, to showcase everything from Halloween costumes to seemingly oppositional vibes.
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