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LaMelo Ball must sit down for a legal interview about the day he is accused of running over a child’s foot outside the Spectrum Center, a judge ordered a month before the star Charlotte Hornets player is expected to go to trial in the civil case.—
Julia Coin
May 12,
Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2026 -
The driver continued on after running over the man, the complaint states.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The amphitheater’s Morton Salt birthright has creative juices flowing.—
Lisa Gutierrez
May 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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More than 85% of the oil and natural gas flowing through the Strait of Hormuz goes to Asia, and many nations there have had to issue emergency energy rationing mandates.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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This contains a sink, a flushing toilet, and a bathtub/shower (not pictured), which is still a rare luxury in a tiny house.—
Adam Williams
May 18,
New Atlas,
18 May 2026
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Symptoms include flushing, itching, hives, stomach pain, diarrhea, brain fog, bone pain, and sometimes severe allergic reactions like anaphylaxis.—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
15 May 2026
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Now that oil prices are surging from the conflict with Iran, money is flooding into the state treasury and creating an uncomfortable situation for Democrats who oppose the war and would rather reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.—
Morgan Lee,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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Later that summer, lingering moisture from Tropical Storm Mario contributed to flooding rains across portions of the southwestern United States on September 17-18, the hurricane center concluded in its post-storm report.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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In 2006, the RIAA also certified songs downloaded as ringtones and began accounting for streaming audio and/or video, with 150 on-demand streams counting as one unit for certification purposes.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
20 May 2026
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Rembrand is a company that uses AI to find areas in streaming entertainment to add product placement to programs—like on billboards in the background of a scene, or on a table in a home.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Both men are sitting in a small room in the Carlton Hotel, gushing over each other’s talents.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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After pulling the bathtub away from the wall, Mitch saw that the substance was gushing through the house’s foundation.—
Nick Bowlin,
ProPublica,
18 May 2026
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The peonies in my yard were blooming, spurting really.—
Maria Zorn,
Longreads,
24 Feb. 2026
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Ultimately, all the statues end up in place, the fountain starts spurting red water like the Kool-Aid Man had been stabbed, and their prize pot grows to $106,000.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Washing (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/washing%20%28over%29. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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