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Through a popular uprising and a long and hideous civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime tottered at times, but held on, propped up by allies Russia and Iran.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2025
Buruma has much to say about the shifting sands of loyalties as the Nazi and Japanese empires collapsed and the dominions of the old European imperialist powers tottered.
My stomach dropped as my seat lurched backwards, pointing me towards the shoreline.
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Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
As the war lurched into its fourth year, Russian losses of tanks, fighting vehicles and other heavy equipment had exceeded 20,000, according to the analysts at the Oryx intelligence collective, which confirms each loss with imagery from the front line.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
On Ukraine, Trump has been sounding increasingly desperate as his efforts to broker an end to the Russian invasion have floundered.
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Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2025
While Newcastle dreams of Champions League qualification to add to its first domestic trophy win in 70 years, Manchester United is floundering in the bottom half of the Premier League table.
The United States Geological Survey reports that light shaking could be felt as far southeast as Bursa, which is approximately 97 miles south of Istanbul.
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Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
On Tuesday, not so much, the Lakers showing their clear dominance in every area backed by a legendarily springtime loud home crowd that annually shakes, rattles and rolls.
Musk’s comments about his time allotment come just hours after a group of eight Democratic state treasurers wrote to the chair of Tesla’s board about the company’s faltering performance.
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Miranda Nazzaro,
The Hill,
22 Apr. 2025
There were days their hitters faltered, their starters struggled, their relievers were unreliable.
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