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Public officials decry attack The slayings drew sharp and immediate rebuke from U.S. and global leaders, with many claiming that hostility against Jewish people undergirded the attack.
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 24 May 2025
Less than a month after the Mar-a-Lago dinner, Mr. Trump was inaugurated and immediately went to work tearing down the global health infrastructure that undergirds the work of Mr. Gates’s foundation.
—Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
An injunction directing how such processes may unfold would be contrary to the policy of insulating legislative activity from 'outside interference' that undergirds this court's immunity jurisprudence.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 May 2025
But the problematic power dynamics that undergird this industry of monetized innocence have begun to draw scrutiny both in Japan and abroad.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 24 May 2025
Less than a month after the Mar-a-Lago dinner, Mr. Trump was inaugurated and immediately went to work tearing down the global health infrastructure that undergirds the work of Mr. Gates’s foundation.
—Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
An injunction directing how such processes may unfold would be contrary to the policy of insulating legislative activity from 'outside interference' that undergirds this court's immunity jurisprudence.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 May 2025
But the problematic power dynamics that undergird this industry of monetized innocence have begun to draw scrutiny both in Japan and abroad.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
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Ukraine's General Staff said last week that Russian forces have sustained over 1,010,000 casualties—killed and wounded—since the start of the full-scale invasion.—
Dan Gooding
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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But the big question remains: can an affiliate model sustain a platform of this depth?—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Some include strengthening academic and residential life and including more Jewish student representation; supporting belonging and promoting respectful dialogue; and updating campus use rules and other procedures.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Using a fan or air conditioning to circulate air will also support heat transfer from your body and help prevent night sweats, according to Gradisar. 2.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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The magazine will be carried by Foreign Exchange News, Tenderbooks, Rococo News & Magazines and Reference Point in London and RIPE Mags in Glasgow.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
23 June 2025
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Several of the stealth warplanes, the only ones capable of carrying the Pentagon’s most powerful bunker buster, headed west over the Pacific Ocean.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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An attempt to bolster his signal under the guise of a junior ham-radio club ends with Elio getting clocked in the eye.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 June 2025
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The surge in American millionaires was bolstered by robust stock market returns, with the S&P 500 jumping more than 23% last year.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
18 June 2025
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“Undergird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergird. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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