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as in circumscribing
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as in preserving
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In quick succession, the Court began circumscribing Congress’s ability to define rights and act on its constitutional imagination.—
Duncan Hosie,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026 -
This wouldn’t be the first time the Court has avoided a head-on fight with the other branches, especially after Congress makes noise about circumscribing its authority.—
Time,
Time,
14 Nov. 2025
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But Idaho’s defense came up big, preserving the title.—
Rachel Roberts,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Gettysburg National Military Park encompasses nearly 6,000 acres of land, preserving the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Not only are the beaches less crowded (but no less beautiful), the surrounding area is also strikingly green and mountainous—especially on the drive in from the airport.—
Annie Daly,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2026
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Everyone is friendly and happy to provide information about the property and the surrounding area of Tulum.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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Day 8 of picketing More than 100 NYSNA nurses were back out in the brutal cold to picket for an eighth day since the strike started last week.—
Christina Fan,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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On top lies the picotage technique as well as a pattern of overlapping black circles, that is both enclosing and creating space while also keeping out.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee
March 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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Buyers at Gatherpoint can personalize their homes to their preferences with options for extending patios, lanais and garages, enclosing flex rooms and expanding indoor-outdoor connections with pocketing or zero-corner sliding glass doors.—
Pulte Homes,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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Now, the program is closing in on UIL history.—
Myah Taylor,
Dallas Morning News,
13 Mar. 2026
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As the Mideast conflict involving Iran and the United States continues, the average gas price across the state has rushed past $3 a gallon, and is closing in on $4.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
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Chronic stress maintains an inflammatory state, slows elimination, and increases demand for buffering minerals.—
Mélanie Defouilloy,
Vogue,
24 Feb. 2026
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Heath is a native of nearby Marshall that was obliterated during Helene when the French Broad River buffering the community bulldozed downtown.—
Garret K. Woodward,
Rolling Stone,
15 Dec. 2025
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Soon, that quarter-mile area encircling the Rockridge BART Station may be forced to welcome apartment complexes as tall as 75 feet, or roughly seven stories — more than double the 35-foot limit that the city currently allows.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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The sprawling Discover campus features a complex of four buildings encircling a large retention pond.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Walling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walling. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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