as in to fixate (on or upon)
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Education helps young people learn to reason, to question, to distinguish fact from fiction.—
Randi Weingarten,
Fortune,
6 May 2026 -
Initially working out of a facility in the industrial section of Seattle, Stephenson gathered a group of like minds to brainstorm new methods for reaching space, reasoning that chemical rockets had not much improved in the decades since their debut.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 May 2026
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Investigators believe Smart’s body may have been moved multiple times.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Another casting director, Jen Rudin, believes that Baldoni will work again, but that being associated with running a contentious set could present a mark against him, at least in the short term.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
9 May 2026
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But on the flip side, some studies conclude that CODAs learn from playing interpreter at a young age to communicate better personally and professionally later in life, and may grow up endowed with special talents for conveying and reading facial expressions and gestures.—
Bob Brody,
Baltimore Sun,
9 May 2026
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The Supreme Court paved the way for the phenomenon in a series of rulings, concluding that political spending is free speech.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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Two tested negative, while the third result was still being analyzed, according to the statement.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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This article was generated by the CA Earthquake Bot, software that analyzes structured information, such as data, and applies it to articles based on templates created by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
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“Speculate (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculate%20%28about%29. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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