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turfs

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variants also turves

plural of turf

as in territories

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Unsurprisingly, Petal drops from the highest rung on album rosters almost everywhere this frame, replaced at the summit by different projects in different territories.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Travelers leaving Ceuta and Melilla, Spain’s other territory in North Africa, are subject to exit checks at ports and airports, an obstacle for migrants who enter the territories illegally and hope to reach the European continent.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

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The business is also growing its base of millions of curious thinkers with non-language subjects; Preply now covers math, computer science, and chess.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
The idea is to establish multiple credibility signals across LinkedIn – through a company's presence, employees and relevant creators – so AI systems have more information connecting a brand with certain subjects or areas of expertise.

— Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

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These weren't what the school provided us, except for the tennis balls themselves, but everything else — the rackets, the shoes, the ball machine, the bags, even the leaf blower — all of those things were fundraised by the kids.

— Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
And Jim Payne, the same friend who’d helped Alex and Geddy buy tennis rackets that afternoon in Monroe, eventually joined Better Than Ezra.

— Kevin Griffin, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

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Last year, Sophia Stewart recommended eight books for people who like to dabble in casual pursuits.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026
During the March council meeting, Brinkley presented data showing Independence officers conducted far more pursuits than neighboring departments, including 541 pursuits in 2025, compared with 137 reported by the Kansas City Police Department.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026

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Of the 20 most common occupations in Florida, fewer than half — which, taken together, employ nearly 2 million workers — pay more than $24 an hour, according to United Way’s analysis of Census Bureau data.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
There are, of course, a small number of notable politicians from these kinds of occupations.

— Nicholas Carnes, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

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Barnard said studies have shown that Pacific storms generate about 30% more wave energy during an El Niño year compared to a year without the climate cycle.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Kahn then earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Chicago in 1951, completing his studies in under a year.

— News Desk, Artforum, 24 Aug. 2026

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