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After a five-month, 120-game regular season featuring record crowds, women’s hockey enjoying a significant post-Olympic boost and with more expansion on the horizon, the Walter Cup playoff semifinalists are made up exclusively of the league’s old guard.—
John Wawrow,
Twin Cities,
30 Apr. 2026 -
The game will be made up on Thursday as part of a split doubleheader.—
Laura Fay,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Sengun’s attempt at a game-winner when he got stood up by Jaxson Hayes on a turnaround baseline floater wasn’t the play the Rockets drew up, Udoka said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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The companies, working with Oz Architecture, drew up plans for a 17-story tower with about 400 units.—
Thomas Gounley,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2026
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Construction on the tower is expected to begin next year and will include 216 private-room patient beds — increasingly sought for hospital stays — 20 surgical areas organized around recovery rooms and specialties by floor, all outfitted with cutting-edge technology.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
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It’s also outfitted with three interior compartments to keep your wallet, phone, keys, and other contents organized on the go.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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Kennedy has been groomed for public office since even before his father’s assassination in 1968.—
Isabel Vincent,
Vanity Fair,
27 Apr. 2026
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Met Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago It was Maxwell who lured and groomed Giuffre to be trafficked by Epstein, court records show.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Coffee grounds should not be disposed of in the sink.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Apr. 2026
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EcoSet’s mission is to get productions to consider what will happen to their materials when the show is wrapped – since everything that needs to be disposed of comes with an environmental and financial cost.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, the Metropolitan Police’s counterterrorism chief, said the attack has been officially classified as terrorism as investigators work to determine the motive and whether the Jewish community was deliberately targeted.—
Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Treasurer Richard Cain allegedly searched for donations that had been classified as restricted to certain purposes but could be reclassified as unrestricted, without consulting with the finance committee or auditors.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Straightened (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straightened%20%28up%29. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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