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or shrived
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Ohtani was quickly absolved of any wrongdoing, but there remains no news on the Guardians pitchers three months later.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025 -
The book would remain out of print for the duration of an eight-year legal battle that ultimately saw Matthiessen and his publisher, Viking, absolved.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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These duties are remitted directly to the CBP.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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Cole was tried in 2021, partially acquitted and tried again the following year, convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, Massachusetts ‒ site of two brutal murders in 1892 for which Borden was tried and acquitted ‒ has come to a similar conclusion.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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Unsurprising to no one, Rowling and her ilk felt vindicated by the report, expressing their content across social media.—
Quispe López,
Them.,
30 Oct. 2025
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Notre Dame has been vindicated with the choice to anoint Freeman as Kelly's successor.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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So how does him being somewhat exonerated by the NBA, how does all this new information, how does this play into his role on the roster moving forward?—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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Even though the prosecutor knew this critical information that would have exonerated me, the prosecutor purposefully withheld this information from myself and my defense team for nearly 8 months.—
Micah Kimball,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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In a separate statement to Whittier Daily News, Rowley claimed that the city had ignored complaints about upraised sidewalks caused by tree roots for years, and stated the city had not implemented adequate inspection protocols.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Kim Kardashian's refusal to watch Fatal Attraction is not going to be ignored by Kris Jenner, thank you very much!—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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The worst of the storm is expected to have passed over Jamaica by Wednesday morning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Oct. 2025
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Democrats argue legislation to reopen the government should also extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies and reverse Republicans’ Medicaid cuts passed over the summer.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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After Politico reported that Young Republicans expressed outrageously racist, misogynistic and anti-Semitic sentiments, Vice President JD Vance excused it as just the edgy chat of young activists.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
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Most of those that did — Colorado, Kentucky, Oregon, and Utah among them — lack visibility into the reasons for excused versus unexcused absences.—
Eli Cahan,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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