The light bled red at Sixty-Seventh and Pacific, music throbbing through the speakers as Olivia Borsutzki relaxed her foot from the brake.
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Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
And yet, as dynasties could emerge across a number of divisions in boys hockey this postseason, none should diminish what will be yet another heart-throbbing three weeks.
The remote and hybrid arrangements that came out of the coronavirus pandemic left some people aching for time to care for others or themselves once return-to-office mandates were issued.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
The difference was that now, I was filled with rage at the idea that states would soon force people into this world of aching love and every-three-hours feedings.
This movie very much has the biting genre sensibility that made Cody a household name — a rare feat for a screenwriter — after her Oscar win for Juno and cult hits like Jennifer’s Body.
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Jada Yuan,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2026
Alvarenga-Rodriguez is also accused of biting an officer and causing a laceration to another officer's nose.
Democratic voters itching for a new direction during the 2026 primary season took advantage of a rare opportunity to significantly reshape the national party by backing a new generation of faces in the March 17 Illinois primary.
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
This is not a man itching to be retrofitted into a twenty-first-century partisan machine.
Still stinging from that rout, the Hurricanes are ready to get March Madness started.
—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
The institute and federal ocean officials say those appendages, called cerata, hold the stinging cells in a concentrated form, making the slug’s sting especially potent.
—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Mar. 2026
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