In dressage competitions, horses follow a short sequence of bouncing walks and trots, pirouettes and figures-of-eight.
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Ian Parker,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2026
And the number moved enough that the Census Bureau took the unusual step of declaring the old and new figures incomparable, creating a new time series from December 4, 2025, and filing the earlier data under historical.
The founders of iconic brands such as Ideal, Mattel, Marx, Hasbro, Kenner, Wham-O and Madame Alexander dolls shared roots in Yiddish-speaking Europe, and childhoods as the sons and daughters of immigrants.
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Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Aug. 2026
The dolls and books, which depict 9- and 10-year-olds, became part of daily life for millions of American girls.
Sophie Cunningham never said trans rights weren't human rights, dummies.
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Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 July 2026
Many of the dummies evolved admirably over the competition’s final hour, complete with fine laugh lines and subtle details like creeping wisps of nose hair, which were gingerly applied with tweezers and Krazy Glue.
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