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This year, 33 of 61 contracts (54.1%) fit that description.
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Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Krings plans to host a slate of events including dinners, cocktails and meet-the-designer moments throughout the year.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 7 July 2025
Orlando, however, still had the opportunity to find roster help Wednesday night during the first round, even if the franchise was making its pick later in the evening than in years past.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Castle, selected fourth overall by the San Antonio Spurs last year, and Andre Drummond, picked ninth by the Detroit Pistons in 2012, are the program’s only other one-and-dones.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2025
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Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Krings plans to host a slate of events including dinners, cocktails and meet-the-designer moments throughout the year.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 7 July 2025
Orlando, however, still had the opportunity to find roster help Wednesday night during the first round, even if the franchise was making its pick later in the evening than in years past.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Castle, selected fourth overall by the San Antonio Spurs last year, and Andre Drummond, picked ninth by the Detroit Pistons in 2012, are the program’s only other one-and-dones.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2025
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On the eve of USAID’s final day, former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama gathered with former staffers as well as U2 singer and humanitarian Bono on a video call.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
1 July 2025
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First discovered: 13 days ago, 11:50 p.m. June 17 Initial location: San Bernardino County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Applewhite A new wildfire was reported 11:50 p.m. June 17 in San Bernardino County, California.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2025
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Over that same period, the state has invested in new transportation and development projects, like the WALK rail bridge spanning the Norwalk River, and the Connecticut River bridge connecting Old Saybrook and Old Lyme.—
Janhavi Munde,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
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In the first quarter of 2014, Motorola sold 900,000 Moto X handsets worldwide compared to Apple selling 26 million of its new iPhone 5s during the same period, according to Strategy Analytics.—
Verne Kopytoff,
Fortune,
5 July 2025
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The move also paves the way for rookie Marcelo Mayer to remain in the majors and assume the bulk of the playing time at second base.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
11 July 2025
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At the time of the incident, Trump was in Washington, D.C., when Shaw allegedly drove what was described by law enforcement as a Mercedes van to the south gate of Mar-a-Lago shortly before 10 p.m. and parked along Southern Boulevard.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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With a range of 560 miles (900 km) according to the WLTP cycle, the i3 50 will likely outperform the 360-mile (580-km) WLTP range of the Tesla Model 3 Long Range.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 July 2025
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Unless it is done to protect the rhizomes against frost heave due to freeze-and-thaw cycles during the winter, don't mulch irises.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 July 2025
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These are only a few examples of the deep ties between higher education and the founding generation; approximately half of them attained some form of it—an impressively high level of advanced learning for the time.—
Time,
Time,
1 July 2025
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My dad’s sort of speed, sort of skipped a generation, skipped me and Eli.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Consider the era when Android updates were undeniably exciting—a time when the addition of screenshots could be a headlining feature (Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich) or when Google finally figured out how to keep runaway apps from killing your battery (Android 6.0 Marshmallow).—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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In an era when authenticity has become a marketing buzzword, Rassoul offers something more complex: the understanding that all identity is performed, that authenticity itself might be the most elaborate performance of all.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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“Year.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/year. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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