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This particular part of this year's Tour de France could be a make-or-break stage for the cyclists at the top.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025 -
What Happens When Scale Meets Scrutiny As compounders scale across B2B (hospitals) and B2C (telehealth), regulatory compliance becomes make-or-break.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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As recently as 2010, numerous audience members fainted watching James Franco slice his arm off in the climactic act of self-preservation in Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
16 July 2025
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As the season counts down to its climactic final game, these five are forced to confront their deepest hopes, anxieties and secrets.—
Ashlee Conour,
Chicago Tribune,
16 July 2025
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Attorneys make a crucial difference for a child or a teen.—
Nicol León,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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Therefore, long-term planning can play a crucial role in unlocking the financial flexibility that helps to allow retirees to sleep well at night, free from the fear of depleting their nest egg.—
Wes Moss,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Contrastingly, using generative AI to avoid destroying a real building for use in a fictional apocalyptic drama is more understandable.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
18 July 2025
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Not fixated on an apocalyptic fantasy, but on the flourishing of real human lives here and now.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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For this reader, roughly the same age as Sam Raymond, there is uncommon pleasure in the paradoxes of this climacteric tale.—
Claire Messud,
Harper's Magazine,
22 June 2021
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Macerating unripe climacteric fruit in sugar, however, isn’t a substitute for ripening them; that just takes time in your kitchen counter’s fruit basket.—
Bill St. John,
The Denver Post,
8 May 2017
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“Go-no-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go-no-go. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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