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Having an opportunity to use the Air Force’s state-of-the-art testing facilities on a regular basis could potentially give start-ups and innovators a head start in pioneering new frontiers for drone warfare.—
Zita Ballinger Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026 -
The Safavids had been in conflict with the Sunni forces on two frontiers, with Ottoman aggression to the west and Uzbek opposition to the east, ever since Ismāʿīl I, great-grandfather of ʿAbbās I, made Shiʿism Persia’s state religion in the 16th century.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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The order, which escalated the president's bid to place new restrictions on voting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, is being challenged in court.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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Fans, legislators and even some sports leagues have begun calling for restrictions on gambling ads.—
Luke Connors,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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These are the ports, pipelines, and oil refineries of Shandong province and its borderlands, where the hulking architecture of oil storage tanks and spindly profiles of smokestacks jut up from barren, coastal flatlands.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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The series project Burning Witches, written by Martina Babišová and Věra Starečková and produced by Dagmar Sedláčková, is set in the 17th century in the Bohemian-Polish borderlands.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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Organizations should be able to identify who owns the final employment decision, what role technology played in shaping that outcome, whether human review was meaningful, and whether decision-makers understand the limitations of the tools influencing their workflows.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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However, the study had significant limitations, and more research is needed to confirm this connection.—
Sanja Jelic,
Verywell Health,
22 May 2026
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There was some progress on issues like tax credits, while other measures, like AI regulations and new labor requirements, could introduce new burdens on a range of industries, groups argue.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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The Kremlin has approved new measures allowing citizens from Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria to gain Russian citizenship more easily, Russia’s state media reported Friday night.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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But outfielders Jakob Marsee and Owen Caissie and catcher Agustin Ramirez have struggled to various extents.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
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Meanwhile, cannabis has been legalized to varying extents in many states.—
Lucy Xiaolu Wang,
The Conversation,
13 Apr. 2026
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Florida caps weekly unemployment payments at $275, among the lowest maximums in the country.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
5 May 2026
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Earnings thresholds required to qualify for the plan will increase, as will deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Daily Dividend General Motors employees laid off by the automaker this week detailed their terminations to CNBC's Michael Wayland.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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The Justice Department argues not just that the terminations were done legally, but also that the law creating the program bars judges from reviewing any part of the government’s decision-making process.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Selvages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selvages. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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