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Some Grokipedia entries, such as the one for Monday, appear to be word for word the same as the corresponding Wikipedia entries.
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David Ingram, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
That version — ‘El Pendón Estrellado’ — tells the exact same story, word for word in meaning, and is set to the exact same melody.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
In response to airports refusing to air the video, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin sent a statement to The Star that repeated, nearly word for word, Noem’s comments in the video and blamed Democrats for the shutdown.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2025
The whole script was my story — my stand-up word for word.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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David Ingram, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
That version — ‘El Pendón Estrellado’ — tells the exact same story, word for word in meaning, and is set to the exact same melody.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
In response to airports refusing to air the video, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin sent a statement to The Star that repeated, nearly word for word, Noem’s comments in the video and blamed Democrats for the shutdown.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2025
The whole script was my story — my stand-up word for word.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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In the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the agency had $500 million for forest management and fire prevention that was not directly tied to cap-and-invest or the bond — up from about $65 million two decades prior.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Beijing’s support does not appear to have extended to directly arming the Naxals, however.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Holmes fashioned herself as the next Steve Jobs, until a reporter at the Wall Street Journal blew the lid off Theranos' fraudulent claims of developing a state-of-the-art medical test that required only a single drop of blood to accurately detect results like glucose levels and cancer.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
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Many models do not accurately reflect human disease.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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