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surnamed

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past tense of surname

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In June, Kifowit was named executive director of the Construction Industry Service Corporation, a non-profit labor-management association representing unionized construction trades in Cook, DuPage, Lake, McHenry, Kane and Kendall counties.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Housing officials left the student in the room for two weeks after the accuser’s lawsuit publicly named him, prompting a professor to call the arrangement a security risk.

— Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

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Quantum particles carrying information that could determine their behavior is termed hidden variables, since this information might not be accessible for scientists to observe it.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
The race for California state treasure is wide open since the current officeholder, Fiona Ma, is termed out and running for lieutenant governor.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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The 53,800-square-foot building, dubbed Le Large, is the passion project of Laurent Dumas, founder and president of the Emerige real estate group and its philanthropic arm, the Emerige Endowment Fund.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Linvill and several other research groups attributed them to Russian operators the research community has dubbed Storm-1516.

— Shannon Bond, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

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Later that evening, the executive also christened a new multistory Giorgio Armani boutique at SKP Wuhan, showing off a red lacquer liquor cabinet decorated with fan motifs.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
On December 21, 1984, Harry was christened at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 15 Oct. 2026

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The big story China's decades-long push for yuan internationalization is getting a lift from the buildout of Hong Kong as a gold trading center — denominated in the Chinese currency.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Square identifies Bitcoin as the payment method while keeping the transaction denominated in dollars within its reporting environment.

— Karen Koehler, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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Read and her attorney Alan Jackson are launching a video podcast on YouTube in early 2027, The Hollywood Reporter has learned, titled Read Between the Lines.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026
Parts two and three would be combined into a single book, titled A Court of Forgotten Melody and released in January 2027, with the fourth and final part (as yet unwritten when Maas appeared on CHD) to be released at some future date.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026

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Banks and brokers still need to reconcile ownership records, accounts, collateral and corporate actions across different systems, while issuers still need to know who owns their securities and who is entitled to vote or receive distributions.

— Isabella Gao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
As for the wrestler’s third wife Sky Daily — under Florida law, as surviving spouse — she is entitled to one‑third of her late husband’s estate even if the will or trust excluded her.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

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Jordan has one of the oldest Christian communities, and the country takes its name from the river that runs along its border with Israel and the West Bank, where Jesus is believed to have been baptized.

— Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
According to tradition, the day after she was baptized, her cradle was surrounded by a mysterious swarm of white bees, which entered her mouth, but didn't harm her or even wake her up.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

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