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That carryover increases the money pool each racing day for the pick six.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026 -
The chance of snow increases Saturday night.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2026
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Agreeing to a three-year contract with Tatsuya Imai augments a rotation bracing for the loss of Framber Valdez while leaving a footprint in a market this franchise rarely explores.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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After a man appears to resist, the situation escalates as several agents tackle him and place him in handcuffs.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Humans will oversee the early days of refills, but the system will eventually function autonomously, unless the AI escalates an issue to a human doctor.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Every February, Valentine’s Day amplifies what single people already know – that public life is built for two.—
Peter McGraw,
The Conversation,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Slam Jam collaboration features a metallic silver colorway, which amplifies the model’s futuristic look.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
22 Jan. 2026
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In professional environments, trust compounds over time.—
Britney Porter,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The disproportionate impact on Black and Latino youth further compounds systemic inequities and perpetuates cycles of harm.—
Gladys Carrión,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2026
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The current phase expands participation to additional countries and concentrates on issues such as prevention of major equipment failures, safety classification of systems, and scenarios involving loss of external power supplies.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Jan. 2026
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With only nine members, the Pac-12 will play a 16-game conference schedule, leaving up to 16 in the nonconference when the NCAA expands to a maximum of 32 next year.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Detailed this week in the journal ACS Sensors, the team describes a small device made from an array of microneedles that inserts into a dead fish (or fillets) and continuously measures hypoxanthine (HX), a key compound closely associated with spoilage.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
4 Dec. 2025
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Amid the melodrama, Trier inserts flashes of comedy.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Nov. 2025
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“Swells (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swells%20%28up%29. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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