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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
Noun
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Laugh out loud with live stand-up comedy at this comedy club featuring a lineup of comedians such as Bailey Miller, Israel Medina, Jenny Roberts, Alice Cutler and more.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
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The comedians on the show all killed!—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Once that trio had run themselves into the ground, substitutes Moore, Josh Windass and Nathan Broadhead took over to keep the pressure on.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Young Man in a Hurry substitutes status anxiety for race.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
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Policies have coverage limits, which cap the amount a company will pay for repairs or replacements.—
Dan Simms,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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The city is hiring a consultant to evaluate the impact of removing the bike lanes and proposing potential replacements.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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In men’s doubles, French team Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul beat Marcelo Aravalo (El Salvador) and Mate Pavic (Croatia) 6-4, 6-4; American Austin Krajicek and Nikola Mektic (Croatia) beat Brazilians Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos 7-5, 6-4.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
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Hitless in his first four Grapefruit League games – having missed nearly the entire Grapefruit League slate due to the World Baseball Classic – Yoshida went 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI and run scored.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 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
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Sugar substitutes are marketed as a healthier alternative to regular sugar, stand-ins that will offer the same sweet taste but won’t pose the same threat to your weight or dental health.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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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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And also on Untucked… • Alyssa pretty much just takes over Untucked, as is her right.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2026
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As a result, the roads bordering the Statehouse — North Capitol Avenue, West Street, Washington Street and Ohio Street — will likely see more backups than usual.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
28 Mar. 2026
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The quartet along with their backups, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jenni Gibbons, have been in quarantine since March 18.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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