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Its board of directors has six seats, with elections staggered so that half of the board turns over at a time.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025 -
After over a decade as a villain to the Avengers, Simon ultimately turns over a new leaf and becomes a longstanding member of the team.—
Wilson Chapman,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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Somewhere off the coast of Massachusetts, a small team of volunteers scans the Atlantic Ocean every single day — not with satellites, not with tracking chips, but with their own eyes, binoculars and drones.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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The model scans 10-by-10-meter squares of land to determine whether poppies are present by their telltale orange color.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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These Leaf-Roller Moths Defied the Odds The backstory of these moths reads like an epic migration tale.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Seth Nutt reads with his daughter and her friend.—
Aubrey Violeta Gelpieryn,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Thumbs (through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thumbs%20%28through%29. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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