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Amazon Echo Show Deal Amazon's Echo Show 8 is a smart display that nails the basics with a few smart upgrades and the Alexa ecosystem.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Oct. 2025 -
If the positives continue — if Ivey nails a high volume of 3s, if the Cunningham-Ivey lineups wreck and the ones with Ivey running the bench unit sustain offensively — then the Pistons could vault into the next tier of the Eastern Conference.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Hess, who posts under the handle @mini_robomuppets, owns about a dozen jumping spiders, and each has a distinct personality.—
Alina Hartounian,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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The sheriff’s office also posts about crashes in real time on Facebook feeds and on its app.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Tacks (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacks%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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