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However, once heated, its electrical resistance drops by four orders of magnitude, turning it into a shield.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026 -
Magically, too, Michael drops by for a few bites.—
Jocelyn Noveck,
Boston Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The former ice cream wizard at Antico Nuovo is now behind limited ice cream drops in West Hollywood.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Kelce will be a staple of Hilfiger’s fall 2026 campaign, which drops in early September, and also its spring 2027 campaign, which likely launches in early February.—
Jeff Fedotin,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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This honor comes over a decade after you were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.—
Jack Irvin,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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But the message comes over the course of several years, not a couple minutes of gunfire.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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Trailing 8-2 after seven innings, the Rockies scored four runs in the eighth, getting RBI singles from Jake McCarthy and Kyle Karros to make things interesting.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
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Quincee Lilio scored South Carolina’s only run of the game with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth, then UCLA added another nine runs in a sixth inning that also featured two Bruin home runs.—
Haley Sawyer,
Daily News,
18 May 2026
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Everything begins there—the rest comes by instinct.—
Boutheina Ben Salem,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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The news comes by way of leakers @brandon1an and @zsneakerheadz and confirms that Oregon’s exclusive Air Foamposite Pros, first seen in September, will be released to the public.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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Washington — The Senate is returning to Washington on Monday from a week-long recess as Republicans prepare to take the next steps in their plan to fund immigration agencies under the Department of Homeland Security without help from Democrats.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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This is among the first steps in characterizing the quality of a particular cacao.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
10 May 2026
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“Stops (by).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stops%20%28by%29. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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