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Thyme is a perennial plant and can be transplanted to different areas of the garden as vegetable crops are rotated form one season to the next.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 May 2026 -
The Caramel Churro Sundae is the latest addition to Costco's lineup of sundaes, which have previously rotated to include fun flavors like the Double Chocolate Mint Sundae and Caramel Brownie Sundae.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Cheers erupted from the crowd as participants spun and laughed, fully embracing the spirit of the decade.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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The rotors on the SkyFall helicopters will also be larger than those on Ingenuity, which spun its blades at 2,700 rpm, already 10 times faster than passenger helicopters on Earth.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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Social media rumors swirled that the league was blackballing her because of her activism.—
Rebecca Tauber,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Rumors of cheating swirled around the royal couple since shortly after their wedding in 1947.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
2 May 2026
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Penguins darted beneath us, marine iguanas grazed on algae, and sea lions twirled playfully in the water.—
David Morris,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2026
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Keith twirled the edges in his fingers and flipped the long part back and forth over his shoulder.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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That deal never got off the ground as OpenAI pivoted away from developing data centers, instead leaning heavily on partners like Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon to piece together as much capacity as possible.—
Kristina Partsinevelos,Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
9 May 2026
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Inspired after a friend lost an arm in a racing accident, Lawwill pivoted to prosthetics in the late 1990s.—
Mark Dee
May 9,
Idaho Statesman,
9 May 2026
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What could’ve turned into a game of foul trouble and interruptions instead turned into a game Brunson controlled anyway.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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Doja Cat turned herself into a work of art in head-to-toe Saint Laurent to attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2026 Met Gala in New York City on Monday.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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The Blue Jays swung at just 18% of Detmers’ pitches that were out of the zone.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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Before Denver swung a blockbuster trade for star receiver Jaylen Waddle.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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My real allegiance, if burritos can inspire allegiance, is to the northern-Mexican style, made with a modest amount of filling and rolled into a consequentially narrower cylinder.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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Betts has competed in the PBA, and has rolled the perfect 300 game.—
Mac Engel
May 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 May 2026
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“Twiddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twiddled. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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