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Aviation experts said those conditions would have been difficult to navigate that evening when the helicopter, a Robinson R66, crashed in the Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area.
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But traffic on the waterway remains a fraction of pre-war levels with different authorities vying to organize the transit of vessels, leaving operators with a difficult choice over which path to take.
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The Scottish lawyer was one of the smartest, most formidable specialists in the luxury business, with a reputation that carried internationally and a vast roll call of clients.
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With five volumes of his Noise Kandy series, to solo and collaborative albums (KISS THE RING, Kontraband, Trainspotting), the Griselda affiliate has cemented his status as one of today’s most formidable spitters.
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McGregor’s recovery was lengthy and arduous.
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After an arduous search, the airy, Los Angeles location near her family instantly became her spiritual home.
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Traditionally, mathematicians have had to translate their theorems and proofs into this machine-readable format by hand, a laborious process known as formalization.
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Kluivert didn’t stay long, but Room did, spending his international weeks travelling to the Caribbean and back, entering CONCACAF’s laborious World Cup qualifying competition at the first stage, playing for a team slowly building its way up from the lower reaches of FIFA’s rankings.
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Summer 2026 is having a tough time deciding on this season’s dominating nail trend.
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These are typically low-wage jobs that the healthcare industry writ large has had a tough time recruiting for since the pandemic.
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The weather service advises people to drink plenty of water, avoid strenuous activities during the hottest part of the day, and never leave a child or pet alone in a car.
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When smoke is thick, strenuous outdoor exercise is not recommended.
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Shortness of breath that becomes severe.
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Europe is the planet’s fastest-warming continent and these kinds of extreme heat waves are only expected to become more severe, frequent and prolonged unless humans rapidly phase out fossil fuels, the scientists said.
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Maybe Othello was primed and ready to be worked into a murderous rage.
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Pure white cloth, born in the murderous toil of slavery, formed in debilitating factory conditions, and finished through the agony of Sicilian children, was bleached in more ways than one.
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“Toilful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toilful. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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