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Recent Examples of shriveShrove Tuesday derives from the Anglo-Saxon Christian practice of going to confession and being shriven, or absolved of sins before the 40-day fast leading up to Easter.—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
In a similar vein, pardon the pun, comes this Frank Wildhorn gothic musical about a Victorian-era doctor with two personalities, one an idealistic doctor, the other an evil murderer.
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Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
Trump cannot pardon himself in the hush money case because presidential clemency power only applies to federal cases.
The Pittsburg City Council on Monday unanimously approved the effort, which included $77,500 in city permit fee waivers and a $42,500 quarterly sales tax rebate – remitted at 50% of the supermarket’s quarterly revenues.
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Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
9 Oct. 2025
The Administration is requiring a share of revenue from large computer chip manufacturers, with Nvidia and AMD having to remit 15% of revenue from Chinese chip sales to get export licenses.
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