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Honorees who advanced to the Super Bowl were replaced by alternates (Trubisky was Jared Goff’s alternate in 2018-19) and the exhibition no longer was held in Aloha Stadium each year.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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Indian satirists, cartoonists and comedians flocked to X, Instagram and Facebook to mock Modi.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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One of the top female comedians in the country holds forth at The Bushnell’s Belding Theater.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Agreed, but this bill substitutes the long, painstaking and complex work of fixing California’s troubled insurance market with finger-pointing and posturing.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2026
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Rosenson said that if CRISPR is a scissor that cuts both strands of DNA, base editing is an eraser that substitutes one chemical letter, or base, in a single strand of DNA.—
David Cox,
NBC news,
6 Apr. 2026
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There are very few plants as colorful replacements.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Arsenal have a squad of formidable depth, but there are still areas where the gap in quality between first-choice and replacements is considerable.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Hoerner already has six doubles this year after tallying 29 a season ago.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Kane had two doubles, two of only three Bishop Moore hits.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2026
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Visual effects costs, for example, would be cut by 50%, with savings reaching 70% for background actors and stand-ins.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2026
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Local stand-ins for Western platforms—Digikala for Amazon, Café Bazaar for Google Play, Aparat for YouTube—had turned sanctions into a kind of DIY advantage.—
Indrani Sen,
Fortune,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Marve takes over for Robert Livingston — now with the Denver Broncos — and Marion steps in for Pat Shurmur.—
Pat Graham,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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From that point, the cycle of roaming from beach to pool to spa to catamaran to tennis courts takes over, moving at the speed set entirely by you, the guest.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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Water Is Your Friend According to sewer and drain specialist Tyler Pittenger, a long flush of water after using the disposal is the best way to prevent clogs and backups.—
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
10 Apr. 2026
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Those newcomers, along with a few returning backups in Connor Meadows, Camp Lott and Owen Spell, give the Knights their core group heading into the 2026 season.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026
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