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Witness Foligno clambering over Jake Oettinger as the puck rolled up the goalie’s spine and into the net.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026 -
People were clambering for a photo.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2026
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New York — The tables are set, the cameras are waiting and some of today’s most stylish cultural figures are ascending the steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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That’s because ascending the Kardashev scale isn’t really a realistic goal—the scale is more a crude guide for thinking about how a technological civilization could grow and what its ultimate limits could be.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
1 May 2026
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“Shinning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shinning. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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