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The third and final part focuses on the President (Idris Elba), who as the clock turns back again is making an appearance at a basketball game.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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And surely enough, the club’s focus soon turns away from their increasingly baffling cold case and onto a more pressing one.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
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Broadly, debanking is an umbrella term for when a bank turns away a potential customer, which can happen for a ton of reasons.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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But Enyedi resists such big words.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Empowering risk-takers in an industry that resists change AWSOM is Walton’s third major construction project, and it was completed in two years and almost 50% under its (undisclosed) budget.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The deal has divided the EU, pitting member states against the European Parliament, and the center-left — which opposes it — against the center-right.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Chinese Communist Party opposes Tibetans choosing their own Dalai Lama and considers the matter an affront to the sovereignty of Beijing, which has ruled Tibet since 1950.—
Tenzin Dorjee,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2025
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And while most silicone kitchen gear withstands high heat, some cooking utensils are of lower quality and may degrade when exposed to high temperatures.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
1 Sep. 2025
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For their deregulatory actions to stick, agencies will need to do the hard work of developing a record that withstands judicial scrutiny.—
Susan E. Dudley,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Stands off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stands%20off. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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