The wealthy were not allowed to simply hoard their wealth, park it in an offshore haven, and escape catastrophe by sailing away from a collapsing society on a superyacht.
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Brian Klaas,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
The building resembles a doll house after the entire front wall collapsed and exposed the insides of the damaged interior.
Because laying hens are so susceptible to the H5N1 virus, which can wipe out entire flocks within days of the first infection, egg producers have been on the frontline in the fight against various bird flu strains for years now.
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Kate Wells,
NPR,
2 Feb. 2025
Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, along with those countries’ retaliatory tariffs, could wipe out 1.5 percentage points from US gross domestic product growth (GDP) in 2025 and another 2.1 percentage points in 2026, according to estimates by EY chief economist Gregory Daco.
Folks with concerns about salt can plop the beans from the can into a colander.
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Cathy Thomas,
Orange County Register,
27 Jan. 2025
But then, in the sequel, The Princess Switch: Switched Again, Netflix fully bends the rules of time, space, and reality by plopping King Richard, Queen Amber, and Princess Elleri into the crowd at Queen Margaret’s coronation.
In his final start of 2018, Sabathia plunked Tampa Bay’s Jesus Sucre in response to the Rays’ Andrew Kittredge throwing behind Austin Romine earlier in the game.
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Peter Sblendorio,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
An opposing hitter was plunked and Collins knew the other team would retaliate.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2025
In September 2019, Emlen Fischer and Ayla Christman saw a listing for a 1966 modernist home with a roof that crumpled low over the earth in Palo Alto, Calif., and were intrigued.
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Tim McKeough,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
Iwasaki crumpled as Belgaroui fired a few more sloppy strikes that glanced off the top of his head.
The actress is a noted fan of cushiony kicks for family walks, trips to Japan, movie premieres, and fitness sessions and is often spotted wearing the Brooks brand, particularly the Glycerin 21 running shoes.
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Miles Walls,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Jan. 2025
This newly available type of mental health treatment involves tripping on psilocybin-containing mushrooms under the supervision of a licensed guide, known as a facilitator.
More light rain fell periodically through the Bay Area on Monday, continuing a pattern that began Friday and ended a nearly month-long stretch without precipitation.
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Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
But longer-term bond rates fell, because tariffs can weaken economic growth.
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