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The officer who rammed Martinez’s car and shot her multiple times — and bragged about it in his text messages — was allowed to leave the state and repair the car involved in the incident.—
Edwin C. Yohnka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026 -
Proctor bragged about properly hydrating himself before practice, which is something past and present Dolphins coaches and trainers annually lecture the newcomers about to avoid dehydration, and the use of intravenous fluids.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2026
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Even McDonald’s boasted about how their chicken nuggets, which first hit the market in 1981, were (and still are) made with all white meat.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 May 2026
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With its Victorian homes, beaches, and impressive culinary scene, the city boasted the largest discrepancy of major American cities the study looked.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2026
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All the members of their immediate family were competitive Nordic ski racers, and their mother, father, and grandfather were vaunted polar explorers.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
8 Mar. 2026
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Was vaunted New York baseball scribe Red Foley conducting surveys like this in 1974?—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
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These guys had all crowed on social media that Donaldson’s contests are far too easy.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
6 May 2026
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Last year, Ladapo and DeSantis crowed about becoming the first state to recommend against COVID-19 vaccinations, even though pregnant women with COVID are more likely to develop severe infections, more likely to wind up on a ventilator and more likely to die.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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“Swanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swanked. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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