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Animal-print shoes have kept turning up this spring, after a late-2025 and early-2026 winter run.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026 -
Two weeks ago, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors declared a local emergency after the mussels began increasingly turning up in water equipment there.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
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Librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte (Enyi Okoronkwo) is promoted to chief fellow party animal and tempter, showing up at Mozart’s door draped in women.—
Robert Lloyd,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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The data shows that black and brown people spend much longer time in longer lines, purging people- people literally showing up and not knowing that their names have been purged from the rolls.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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Think of a pair of shoes made in India crossing the Atlantic and coming up the Chesapeake Bay, then being transferred in a container to a rail car and heading south — through the Howard Street Tunnel — or north, over the Susquehanna — to some retailer.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2026
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The only thing better than coming up with new ways to have fun is being invited to join in.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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As the United Kingdom works to make online spaces safer for children through age verification methods, kids are finding creative ways to skirt the rules, including drawing on facial hair to dupe facial recognition systems.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
10 May 2026
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Chef Banrith Yong, now in his 70s, personally prepares every entree, drawing on his classical French training for a menu of chateaubriand, escargot, and rotating specials like bouillabaisse or beef Wellington.—
Taryn Shorr-Mckee,
Midwest Living,
8 May 2026
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In it, Silver Court’s owner informed residents that the 65-year-old park in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood would be closing in six months.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Gritty kept closing in on the pair.—
Ryan Brennan
April 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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People who know Key West's history a bit and have done some research before arriving.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
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However, the virus is endemic in some areas of the country and Argentine authorities have found the couple, after arriving in Argentina on November 27, crossed back and forth over the border with neighboring Chile on several occasions before joining the cruise.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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The council voted unanimously Thursday to shift away from deciding how many bus stops the new law will affect, leaving that decision up to the county’s regional planning agency — the San Diego Association of Governments — to make in coming weeks.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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The Bridgeport Islanders, which played hockey in the state for more than two decades, announced a move to Canada in the coming months.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Santa Margarita’s boys medley relay featured Sam Zhou, Taylor Thongintra and Darren Nguyen before reaching Korner.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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Furthermore, the Chinese company behind the system has already begun moving toward commercialization, with its earlier Hanyuan-1 model reaching an important milestone in November last year after winning its first contracts from customers in both China and overseas markets.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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“Waltzing (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waltzing%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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