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While a few noted that the croissant had decent flavor, most were off-put by the lack of color and dough-like texture.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
15 Dec. 2024 -
When the smoke cleared, leaving stains on the green that didn’t affect their shots, Scheffler, who missed birdie puts by inches on 16 and 17, came up an inch short again on his 26-footer.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
23 June 2024
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Voters overwhelmingly support expanding access to housing, mental health care, jobs, and education—not rounding up immigrants, slashing Medicaid, and stoking division.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Over 100 Venezuelan citizens were rounded up as part of the directive, and almost immediately flown to Tecoluca, El Salvador, where the U.S. has contracted the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) to detain them in exchange for $20,000 per person, per year.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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On March 4, the Bears acquired their first new starter for him: guard Jonah Jackson, who previously played for Johnson and the Lions before signing with the Los Angeles Rams.—
Adam Jahns,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Last year, human resources software provider Workday acquired AI hiring tool developer HiredScore, and Indeed released a Smart Sourcing tool that can find candidates and draft outreach messages.—
Matthew Kaufman,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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The rub lay in a provision of the Basel Convention, which stated that an object sent from one country to another for reuse, rather than disposal, wasn’t waste but a thing of value.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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Down below, Tahitian Terrace lay in ruins.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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According to the National Weather Service, 2 to 3 feet of snow accumulated in the Sierra Nevada at elevations of 7,000 feet and higher from Sunday through Tuesday.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Brushes Some pool cleaners are equipped with brushes that help scrub away grime, algae and other unsightly material that has accumulated on the surfaces of your pool.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2025
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He was laid up in bed for five weeks in the summer of 1919 but returned to the job that fall.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2025
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Morikawa was laid up 90 yards out, while Henley's approach sailed right of the green.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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Just a few years after her 2021 graduation, Montgomery has upward of 200 clients who pay $10,000 for Montgomery’s team to fully design and assemble their dorms on move-in day.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
9 Apr. 2025
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One count of the phonetic literature found that 40.5 percent of studies had assembled only male speakers, with the vast majority of the rest using more male than female or an even number of male and female participants.—
Sarah A. Bell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Pegula family amassed a fortune in the fracking business and is perhaps most known as the principal owners of the Buffalo Bills and the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres (along with tennis success).—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Mid- to late-career professionals amass knowledge from an array of life events.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Scrape (together).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape%20%28together%29. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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