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turfs

noun

variants also turves

plural of turf

as in territories

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Most international territories are expected to get it around the same time.

— Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 12 Nov. 2026
True to its founding mission, the company embraces ballet for today, taking it into newer territories and reserving a place for female choreographers.

— Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2026

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The executive who helped supply the computing power behind the AI revolution has become one of its most visible subjects, with his image endlessly reproduced, altered and repurposed by internet users.

— Steve Mollman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2026
Carol Felsenthal is a writer of biographies — among her subjects are Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Katharine Graham, Bill Clinton — and long-form magazine profiles.

— Carol Felsenthal, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026

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Their rackets—plunder, opium trafficking, and much else—were often run not by members of established yakuza gangs but by fixers and political operators who exploited their connections with the Imperial Japanese Army.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Those trunks held an eclectic assortment of products including tennis rackets, fishing rods, golf bags and men’s ties, dress shirts and suits.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026

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For more physical pursuits, the hotel has a nine-hole golf course and driving range, as well as three tennis courts.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026
The quest for tickets is the first of several McGuffins in the film that, while fun, bring to life the essential truth that the core of being teenage is the shiny allure of intangible pursuits, those things that promise fame, friends and being cool.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

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California also has enacted higher minimum wages for certain occupations, such as $20 for fast food workers and up to $25 for many healthcare workers.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Utah requires individuals in regulated occupations to disclose generative AI use verbally at the start of high-risk interactions, a category that includes legal advice.

— Hamid Kohan, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

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Some especially busy professors might publish a dozen or more studies a year.

— TODD WALLACK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
Key Takeaways Research on drinking water and temperature involves older studies and small sample sizes, so more study is needed.

— Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 8 Nov. 2026

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