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Critics, among them Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s victims, have claimed Maxwell’s father held ties to the Mossad, arguing that Epstein was involved in a shadowy underworld connected to an intelligence apparatus.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
22 July 2025 -
Pulp Fiction, about two hitmen — portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta — and how their exploits intersect with the lives of a cast of characters existing in the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, also stars Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Christopher Walken and Harvey Keitel.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
20 July 2025
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The twin netherworlds—named after the mythical Greek god of the underworld and the pilot who shuttled souls across the river Styx—circle more than five billion kilometers distant from the sun, along an orbit that Stern’s Pluto expedition took nine years to reach.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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The other two-thirds are on a scale of anxiously hopeful to beyond desperate -- an amorphous netherworld of doubt that, yes, includes the Miami Dolphins with Tua Tagovailoa, or should.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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The issue was brought to his attention by reporting from The Bee and other news outlets highlighting a stark difference between state and federal law concerning who can be licensed to work with high-grade explosives like those that sparked an inferno in Esparto on July 1.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
17 July 2025
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Edison International Chief Executive Pedro Pizarro told The Times in April that evidence including videos and data from the lines suggests the possibility that the idle equipment was reenergized through a phenomenon called induction and sparked the inferno.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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In some industries, startups that once might have raised funding in days now sit in purgatory for months.—
Michael Johnson,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Another 15 individuals also stuck in baseball purgatory are off the list, with Black Sox pitcher Eddie Cicotte and New York Giants center fielder Benny Kauff, the latter banned by Kenesaw Mountain Landis over an auto theft charge for which he was acquitted, having careers worthy of consideration.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
14 May 2025
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