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Mergers might encourage other states to offer similar programs as a way of funnelling more students into struggling four-year campuses.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026 -
The grid of international borders must therefore be ever more militarized, or else the system of states—which is now explicitly a class system, whose functioning depends on mass immobilization—cannot work.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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The funds — Michigan's share of national settlements with drug manufacturers and distributors for their role in sparking the opioid crisis — are meant to help mitigate drug use and deaths.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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In many places, shell middens begin as refuse piles and eventually become parts of the foundations of buildings or settlements.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 May 2026
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That cost was evident in financial markets on Tuesday, with the interest rate charged on British government bonds up by more than those of comparable nations — that shows that investors are putting a higher price on taking on government debt.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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In London, there were 64 competing nations in both the men’s and women’s competitions.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Santiago said the detentions are a sign that their fight for justice and to protect the surrounding lands was worth it despite the bloody toll.—
Marlon González,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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An Allegiant Air plane lands at Harry Reid International Airport on July 26, 2022, in Las Vegas.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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Over 140 films from 35 countries will be screened over the course of the festival.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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The highly anticipated adaptation of Rebecca Yarros' bestselling romantasy novel will stream exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.—
Deirdre Durkan,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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Earlier this week, along a desolate stretch of road lined with oil refineries just north of the border between Shandong and Hebei provinces, an awareness of that spotlight seemed palpable.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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Three Americans and two Chinese nationals were arrested in a joint operation of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the narcotics control bureau of China’s Public Security Ministry that spanned Florida, Nevada and the Chinese provinces of Liaoning and Guangdong, state broadcaster CCTV said.—
Janis Mackey Frayer,
NBC news,
11 May 2026
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With very few exceptions, an end was declared, not only to empires, but also to city-states, duchies, principalities, emirates, sultanates, caliphates, khanates, agencies, princely states, colonies, suzerains, dependencies, mandates, tributaries, condominia and protectorates.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Beauty pageants are added because +40 female adds to their mandates.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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“Welfare states.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20states. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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