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The viral clip shows Ryder suddenly jumping out of his stroller and dragging himself along a park path before a nearby dad gently scoops him up to safety.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025 -
This smart cat litter box uses infrared sensors to detect when your cat is finished, then automatically scoops and cleans itself, dramatically reducing odors with an ionic deodorizer.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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The country also mines about half of the world’s lithium, a mineral critical to the production of electric vehicle batteries.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Beauvoir’s letters show a softer, surprisingly endearing side of the pioneering feminist, and Acocella mines them for the delightful and the dirty.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Spades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spades. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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