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Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are both possibilities when people are outside during high heat.—
Joyce Orlando,
The Tennessean,
23 July 2025 -
Scheffler, 29, added his fourth overall major tournament win on Sunday, beating the field by four strokes in one of the most dominant tournaments in recent golf memory.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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New York — Alpha Oumar Diallo hunches over a kitchen counter at a library café in Brooklyn, his nose hovering above a plastic container of brownie batter.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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The erratic seventh season of Love Island USA, which concludes Sunday, offers a counter (somewhat) to the form.—
Aisha Harris,
NPR,
13 July 2025
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Each team is poised for the counterpunch before the first punch is even thrown.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
10 June 2025
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The teams began trading big-time, tough layups as the game entered a punch, counterpunch rhythm down the stretch.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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Smith shoved the gun in the guy’s gut, took the blow, then left.—
John J. Lennon,
Rolling Stone,
19 July 2025
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The title bout bore out as a chess match, as the ISL school traded blows with one of the top MIAA teams from the South Shore.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
19 July 2025
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Carlos Narvaez delivered the haymaker with a three-run home run against his former team to put Boston on top, and Jarren Duran extended the lead to 7-3 with his two-run single.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2025
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The Edmonton Oilers landed a haymaker early in Game 4 and never let the Vegas Golden Knights off the mat.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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In its new stage form—with a book by Lisa Loomer and Nell Benjamin and music and lyrics by Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez—those gaps of time make no difference to the force with which the looming presence of ICE in the life of its characters lands with a cruel thud in the chest.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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The other shoe dropped with an unsettling thud recently when White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt openly gay-bashed in defense of her controversial boss.—
Louis Balsamo,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2025
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Overcome with emotion one night, a newly sober Scrim decided to speak off the cuff at the end of a set.—
Kristin Robinson,
Billboard,
17 July 2025
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Queen Camilla wore a long-sleeve, floor-length white gown by Fiona Clare, featuring embroidery on the cuffs and hemline of the dress.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
9 July 2025
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Strong winds, heavy rain pelt Indianapolis metro area Eric Larsen Strong winds and heavy rain preceded the 7 p.m. hour as a severe thunderstorm sent branches snapping, thunder clapping and people running inside as weather sirens sounded across the Indianapolis metro area.—
Indianapolis Star,
IndyStar,
15 May 2025
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After several exits among fur producing countries in recent years, who are the biggest producers of mink and fox pelts in the world?—
Katharina Buchholz,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Counterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterstroke. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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