As Rossini stowed her purse in a tiny back office, a manager named Katie Atlas was onboarding a new employee, a young woman who fiddled nervously with her necklace.
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Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Communities across the globe probably independently fiddled their way towards the invention of proto lip balms over and over.
In May 1940, German forces invaded and then occupied the Netherlands, with Belgium and France following shortly thereafter.
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Time,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina was busy writing a novel, taking part in the country’s literary scene, and parenting her son.
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Nelly Klos
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
The ads have now encroached into social media without proper disclosures with many online pharmacies not following the same rules that many pharmaceutical companies follow, a senior White House official said.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
From the deadly 2025 Los Angeles fires to the devastating 2019-2020 Australian bushfires and the 2018 wildfire in Athens, Greece, flames have increasingly encroached upon human settlements, claiming lives and livelihoods.
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Seyd Teymoor Seydi,
The Conversation,
21 Aug. 2025
The suspect is also believed to have trespassed at a property on Ute Creek Road in Idaho Springs on Thursday morning, Denver7 reported.
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John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
Marine Corps records showed the same man previously trespassed on Camp Pendleton in September 2022, September 2023 and May 27 of this year, according to the agent.
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Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Sep. 2025
Like Nabers, Beckham played college football for the LSU Tigers, and like Nabers, Beckham began his NFL career as a first-round draft pick for the Giants.
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Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
Mickey agreed, and Jimmy said Morgan played a great game.
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