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The photography staff of The Times was named a finalist for breaking news photography for its coverage of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
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Over on State Road 7, an apartment building named Pinnacle 441 opened at the Johnson Street intersection, a few miles south of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Doug Chaffee, who has represented the North Orange County district since 2018, is termed out and unable to run for reelection.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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Plans by Lennar are to build the subdivision into what Kleven termed three products, including homes on the east side of Delaware, to be called Horizon, which would be priced in the $420,000 average range.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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The internal debate over resuming the war comes after Pentagon officials informed Congress this week that the conflict, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, had cost taxpayers $25 billion thus far.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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On social media, the whale had been dubbed Timmy, after the first sandbank that he was stranded on.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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Originally christened the Hamburger Habit, the Habit Burger & Grill got its start 1969 in Goleta.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
30 Apr. 2026
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The ship was christened on March 16, 2024, at the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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Sales of dollar- and euro-denominated bonds from developing nations this month are already running some 200% above volumes seen last April, data compiled by Bloomberg shows.—
Selcuk Gokoluk,
Bloomberg,
19 Apr. 2026
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This distinction matters for anyone holding assets denominated in either system.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Like much of Cadet’s work, the installation, titled Altar #2, hovers between reality and fantasy.—
Elly Fishman,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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In the photo, shared by TMZ, Reynolds offered a soft smile while leaning toward a makeup-free Lively, who titled her head toward her husband.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
8 May 2026
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And since then, again, since then – everybody's entitled to their own opinions.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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The question is self-reported, and since Irish is compulsory in school, everyone who can conjugate a verb or order a cup of tea in Irish is entitled to answer yes.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 May 2026
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The Catholic churches in the Netherlands opposed the policy, and in response, the Nazi commissioner of the Netherlands declared that all Jews who had been baptized as Catholic be deported.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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William wore the antique christening robe commissioned by Queen Victoria and was baptized by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Surnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surnamed. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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