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DeMeco Ryans will have the honor to try to mesh all of the newcomers together to put a division-championship team on the field.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025 -
The series recounts how he leveraged technology, nostalgia and design to dramatically improve Renault’s fortunes, also leading the carmaker into electric, planet-friendly vehicles, which should mesh well with Kering’s strong sustainability ethos.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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This thrilling prequel stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa and Alyla Browne as young Furiosa, who is abducted by the savage warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) — leader of the Biker Horde — and spends the next decade in captivity plotting her revenge and escape.—
Charlotte Walsh,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Reuters news agency initially reported the letter referred to the thousands of Ukrainian children reportedly abducted by Russian forces since the invasion began in February 2022, but the letter only referred to helping children in general terms.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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His absence goes from a missing person to one presumed kidnapped, but no one seems to have a clue.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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Starting in 2017, the two men allegedly sent thousands of dollars to co-conspirators in Cameroon for weapons and explosives, directing attacks that killed, injured or kidnapped civilians, according to the indictment.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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In addition, crucial societal and business-minded tradeoffs are fully enmeshed.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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According to PwC, only 19% of younger fans watched an entire game when at home, and usually are enmeshed in another activity at the same time.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 Aug. 2025
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Hatt was ejected from the truck, and Winkler was entrapped.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Aug. 2025
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That total lack of self-awareness and disregard for consequences fed right into Epstein’s warped way of entrapping others.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Spirit (away or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spirit%20%28away%20or%20off%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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