The last time Congress faced a deadline to extend government funding, Senate Democrats flinched, giving Republicans the votes needed to avert a government shutdown without extracting any concessions.
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Nik Popli,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
However, Machado flinched as the ball approached and then zipped past his glove.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
As detailed in Tina Fey’s 2011 memoir, Bossypants, Jimmy Fallon, who was also in the show’s cast at the time, jokingly recoiled and told Poehler to stop it.
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Anna Holmes,
The Atlantic,
21 Aug. 2025
Markets recoiled, and in just one week the S&P 500 plunged more than 12 percent while both Value and Growth stocks suffered double-digit percentage losses.
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