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Recent Examples of shuntCardinals who feel they’ve been shunted out of power by the reforms may also use their vote for comeuppance.—Howard Chua-Eoan, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025 However many top-five faves cannot muster themselves up and out of sixth or seventh at the wire this afternoon will get shunted out of the Derby points game altogether.—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 The Stanley Cup playoffs were temporarily shunted to the back burner Sunday by the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships in Stockholm.—Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025 Instead, using money set aside for tribes, the government shunted Native children into schools where they were beaten, abused and forced to assimilate.—Jack Healy, New York Times, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for shunt
The administration continues to navigate the fallout from the Epstein memo controversy while Trump seeks to redirect focus toward other policy priorities.
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Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
Hooey Brands and Uncle Bekah’s Inappropriate Trucker Hats Two apparel companies with heavy ties to Texas music — Hooey Brands and Uncle Bekah’s Inappropriate Trucker Hats — are also redirecting proceeds from online sales to flood victims.
Instead, the Olympian’s attention deviated to the officer’s appearance.
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Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
That’s not dissimilar from what happened in the TikTok case, where the justices — including the liberals — deviated from free-speech norms because they were panicked by concerns about China.
Within minutes of the foul ball being deflected, the cameras at Fox (the network airing the game) were trained on Bartman, alternating between live shots of him in the stands and replays of the ball.
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Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
9 July 2025
High-trust organizations don’t deflect blame or delay communication.
But with a tentative deal put in place by January, which averted a second strike, the union of 45,000 dockworkers got some reprieve on automation—at least enough to maintain a certain number of jobs.
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Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
11 July 2025
Carney posted a 114-word response on X late Thursday that appeared to avert further escalation of trade tensions while striking a firm posture in defense of Canada's economic interests.
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