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Greeley Police Department Greeley police initially investigated the crash, but it has since been turned over to Colorado State Patrol's vehicular crimes unit.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026 -
Once unclaimed property is turned over to the state, the state becomes the custodian for the funds.—
New York Daily News Special Sections,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Soon the former nonreader was devouring two hundred books a year.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
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The worst parts of this geographic jumbling happened in the last few years, when the SEC continued mudsliding into the Big 12’s old turf, the Big Ten devoured the heart of the Pac-12 (the biggest Rubicon, IMO) and the ACC sought every coast except the Atlantic.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Wade (through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wade%20%28through%29. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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