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substitutions

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Recent Examples of substitutions Each team is allowed five substitutions per match, plus an extra substitution if the match goes into extra time. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 June 2026

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Neither side has budged following Tusk’s surprise raid on the Constitutional Tribunal, through which his government ushered out the court’s president and vice president before installing ideologically sympathetic replacements.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
Four candidates are competing for two open seats on the Roseville City Council Tuesday, with voters in the city’s 2nd and 4th districts choosing replacements for departing council members.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

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But other courts that ruled against Kalshi found that at least some kinds of wagers on the prediction market are not swaps and that US law allows regulation of prediction markets by both state and federal governments.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
Concealer lips mute the natural color of the mouth with concealer or neutral shades, while the anti-blush look swaps rosy cheeks for muted beige, taupe and brown-pink tones.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of swaps

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Cops test Celsius cans to make arrest Over months of prolonged multi-turn exchanges that sometimes stayed open for weeks, ChatGPT seemingly violated its own Model Spec to help Cheryl advance the plan.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
These exchanges often have very little to do with what’s actually happening in your life and much more to do with something unsaid or unresolved with the messenger.

— Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 5 Nov. 2026

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