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Recent Examples of vacuitiesIs this a biting farce about the vacuities of celebrity industry?—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026
Currently the Milwaukee Bucks and New Orleans Pelicans have vacancies.
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Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
While board members agreed to eliminate the positions of dozens of teachers who are not based at specific schools, Hepburn said there’s so much turnover among teaching staff that they should easily get placed in schools to fill vacancies and are at low risk for being laid off.
These jets can help scientists better understand how black holes help shape galaxies and other cosmic structures through large-scale shocks and turbulence.
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Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
Hungry black holes are the hidden architects of the cosmos.
In sixteenth-century Italian pedante comedies, the Latin tutors—always the butt of the joke—are known more for the gaps in their knowledge than for their erudition.
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Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
Policymakers, especially here in Tokyo, would be wise to accept more foreign workers to plug labor gaps, but that’s not a durable answer on its own.
Minted gold bars Minted gold bars are made from refined gold that’s rolled into thin strips, cut into blanks and stamped with a high-pressure press.
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Jessica Walrack,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
After Suno spit out the concept, a collection of world-class musicians including string players and a drummer recorded the musical bits to fill in the blanks and add a more personalized human touch.