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Many organisations are using the EU’s framework globally as a benchmark rather than creating their own from scratch.—
Diana Spehar,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025 -
And so Blomfield, who knows how to code, also tried his hand at vibe coding — both to rejig his blog and to create from scratch a website called Recipe Ninja.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
30 May 2025
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Based on these sparse scribbles, an established narrative of the Franklin expedition’s fate emerged: After abandoning their ships in 1848, the men embarked on an overland march south, hauling heavy sledges loaded with supplies alongside them.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
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The scribbles on cups are part of a slew of changes orchestrated by Chief Executive Officer Brian Niccol to turn things around.—
Bloomberg,
Orange County Register,
6 Feb. 2025
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Forty-two students helped to transfer the original messages onto large river rocks, replicating not only their words but the original handwriting and drawings.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2025
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In addition, a double-sided leaf notebook that Lincoln used as a boy in school, which has the earliest surviving examples of his handwriting, sold for $521,200.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
23 May 2025
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