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Jason Goldman, a onetime Google and Twitter executive, has helped to guide his explorations, joining him in meetings with Silicon Valley specialists and Biden-era federal employees.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026 -
Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert, whose staff oversees the cases of more than 600 adults under guardianship and has helped champion the bill, said face-to-face meetings are standard practice in his office prior to appointment and are crucial to properly assessing the person’s needs.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada have traditionally been among the first states to hold presidential primaries or caucuses, although neither party has set its formal presidential primary and caucus calendar yet.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In 16th-century Italy, gamblers could wager on the election of civic magistrates and the outcome of papal conclaves.—
Parker Bach,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
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Behind the large wooden door, its frescoed walls closed to the general public reveal details of the compound's dramatic history, including papal conclaves and the Inquisition interrogation of Galileo Galilei.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The rooms are outfitted with rust-red linen drapery that adds a pop of warmth, custom brandy-colored velvet beds and bespoke furniture, including wood cabinets and desks topped with Calacatta Viola marble.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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The skeletons, often presented in glass coffin-like cabinets, are also a familiar sight in churches in neighboring Austria, Switzerland, Czechia, and in Italy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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Now is the time for everyone who uses this plaza to show up, speak up at the upcoming public workshops, and make clear that Brooklyn is behind this plan.—
Jonathan Timm,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2026
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The county will hold a series of public workshops and hearings on the budget throughout May and June before the Board of Supervisors approves a final budget in June.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
2 May 2026
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The Bristol location of IDEX Health & Science engineers and manufactures plastic manifolds and fluidic assemblies for the in-vitro diagnostics bio market.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
8 May 2026
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The job entails making, installing and repairing sometimes enormous metal assemblies for vessels.—
Eric Tucker,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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While final results are still outstanding, the national populist party seems to have scooped up more than 1,000 seats and taken control of eight councils across England.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
9 May 2026
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Thursday’s municipal elections marked the biggest political test for Starmer since Labour’s landslide victory in the 2024 General Election, with roughly 5,000 seats contested across 136 councils in England, in addition to six mayoral races and elections for the Scottish and Welsh parliaments.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
8 May 2026
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The list of signatories includes many of the field’s most prominent names, more than 50 of whom have spoken at previous congresses.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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Palestinian soccer officials have long argued — including at FIFA annual congresses across the past 15 years, before Infantino was president — that Israel violates statutes by letting teams from settlements in the West Bank play in the national league.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Synods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synods. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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