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After being passed over twice in the draft before the Lightning selected him 108th overall, Rautiainen won Liiga’s Golden Helmet award, going to the league’s MVP and voted on by his peers.—
Eduardo Encina,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2026 -
Six months later, they're passed over.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Apparently, Trick had been warned about keeping the show PG-13 and to behave beforehand, but blew off the memo.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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The top blew off in the second with Littleton/Bromfield on a penalty kill.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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The state dashboard and local improvement plans Brown touted are singled out for criticism in the report, essentially validating concerns that reformers had voiced but were ignored.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
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In an April statement, the union said the company ignored its March 18 letter and several requests by phone, asking to lift the lockout and allow members to return to work while negotiations continue.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Earlier in the investigation, witnesses told police that Noel was regularly neglected and abused, according to NBC Dallas Fort-Worth.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
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Several go-to cleaning tools and shortcuts — steam mops on the wrong floors, pressure washers used too aggressively, magic erasers on finished surfaces, harsh deck cleaners and neglected HVAC filters — can quietly do more harm than good.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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State regulators got the authority to reject transactions or to add conditions and levy fines if companies disregarded them.—
Rob Davis,
ProPublica,
14 May 2026
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Even the economic costs of excessive alcohol use, which top $240 billion annually — more than every American’s medical debt combined — have been disregarded.—
Lev Facher,
STAT,
12 May 2026
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Judicial contests Georgia Supreme Court races are usually sleepy affairs, so overlooked that no incumbent justice has lost reelection in more than a century.—
Greg Bluestein,
AJC.com,
18 May 2026
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One aspect of the shopping center experience that cannot be overlooked is placemaking.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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“Tuned out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuned%20out. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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