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Soliman, a 45-year-old from Egypt, is now facing two first-degree murder charges – one for extreme indifference and the other with intent and after deliberation, the district attorney’s office said.—
Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025 -
The first count is first-degree murder under an extreme indifference theory and the second count is first-degree murder with intent after deliberation.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
30 June 2025
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But the other pole, blithe unconcern, carries its own dangers.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Not ten feet away, a man moved his bowels beside a street near Union Square, while pedestrians passed him with the unconcern of people already elsewhere, émigrés to a pixelated country beyond the reach of others’ desperation.—
Andrew Kay,
Harpers Magazine,
28 May 2025
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The hardness enables the blades to be sharpened at a much steeper angle than Western knives.—
Akiko Katayama,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Barnaby is working with a team on improving radiation hardness in FinFETs.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Oct. 2024
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As to these particular colleagues, Miss Manners would have no trouble treating them with a professional aloofness.—
Judith Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2025
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Hogan was known for his intense focus, privacy, and aloofness.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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“Stiffness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stiffness. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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