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The presence of a planet causes a tiny perturbation in the lensing of light from the background star.
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Adopt differential privacy or output perturbation (though this can degrade usefulness).
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Symptoms include extreme fatigue, impaired performance, headache, irritability, nausea, dizziness, cramping and dehydration.
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Heat exhaustion symptoms include headache, nausea, dizziness, weakness, irritability, thirst, heavy sweating, high body temperature and decreased urine output.
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No people or pets should ever be left in the car.
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Hernandez-Garzon was able to save her five dogs and pet bird.
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More precisely, the questions sent Trump into a fit of pique.
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Lubatti’s Berenger is an old baby, given to tantrums and fits of pique.
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Unlike the 13 colonies, East and West Florida were largely unaffected by the British Stamp Act and other taxes that fueled resentment elsewhere because the colonies produced relatively little for the British colonial economy.
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When a leader isn't accountable to the process, the word becomes a do-as-I-say cliché that breeds resentment instead of results.
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The crowd trouble began hours before the July 2024 match.
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For his trouble, he’s escorted out of the neighborhood in his shiny Sting Ray by a foursome of menacing dirtbikes.
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The round of 32 kicked off to a dramatic start, with Brazil coming from behind to beat Japan 2-1 before Paraguay eliminated Germany in penalty kicks Monday, in one of the most shocking upsets of the tournament so far.
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Democrats are reeling from upsets in Colorado’s primary Tuesday night as an anti-establishment wave buried a pair of party veterans.
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The Hoffmans are suing Boelter for assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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Not to mention smoking hot Hart Bochner as the himbo-in-distress.
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“Snappishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snappishness. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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