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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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However, the environment in northwest Scotland is more conducive to preserving bone from that period.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
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The investors are looking at what could emerge on a small section of the IBM Almaden Research Center site while preserving as open space several hundred adjoining acres on the property, which is at 650 Harry Road in south San Jose, city files show.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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However, Suzanne Taheri, an attorney representing Greeley Demands Better, said the Telluride case differs from the circumstances surrounding Cascadia.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Police said the investigation remains active, and officers are continuing to gather information regarding the circumstances surrounding the incident.—
Alexandra Koch , Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 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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The latter offering involves enclosing chips in casing and readying them to be connected to other circuitry.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
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This likely can’t be done before the embryo is in place, as simply pumping more material into the yolk would likely cause the membrane enclosing it to burst.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 May 2026
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Decades of research indicate that psychological flexibility plays an important role in buffering the negative effects of stress and a broad range of mental health disorders like depression and anxiety.—
Joan M. Cook,
Time,
12 May 2026
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The method used in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) bases lottery rankings on the past two seasons combined, buffering the payoff for any tanking.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
11 May 2026
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Viewers were left with a cliffhanger in the penultimate episode last week as brothers Joseph Abdin and Adam Abdin and engaged couple Izzy Gleicher and Paige Seber were each closing in on the pit stop.—
Christopher Kuhagen,
jsonline.com,
10 Dec. 2025
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That bar had a history of fights and shootings before closing in 2024.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Its 65% layout makes navigation easier while conserving desk space.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
27 Nov. 2025
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Real conservatives have accepted the mantle of conserving the nation’s founding principles and institutions.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Walling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walling. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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