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Noun
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The summer heat arrived early on Peacock's Love Island USA Season 7 premiere, which aired on Tuesday with a 40-minute delay, high-stakes drama, and an off-screen scandal that has fans calling for a contestant's removal.—
Tahar Rajab,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025 -
Jeremiah Brown, a 25-year-old from Seattle, Washington, was one of 10 original contestants on Love Island USA Season 7 who joined on Day 1.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
4 June 2025
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The Champions League is the ultimate barometer of the continent’s elite clubs, and up until now PSG has been a flashy contender that always came up short.—
James Robson,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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The Champions League is the ultimate barometer of the continent’s elite clubs and up until now PSG has been a flashy contender that always came up short.—
James Robson,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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For troops involved in the court battles as plaintiffs, leaving voluntarily now would likely hurt their standing in the case.—
Lolita C. Baldor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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The two class action suits are among the first to challenge insurance companies over ghost networks, said Steve Cohen, a lawyer at Pollock Cohen in New York who is representing the plaintiffs in both cases as well as Mazzola.—
Vicky Nguyen,
NBC news,
5 June 2025
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In that joint filing, the lawyers for the defendants said the Trump order only serves to make their case stronger, reinforcing their arguments that such claims are preempted by both the U.S. Constitution and federal law and must be dismissed.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The trial for seven of the eight defendants began in March, with the eighth due to be tried by jury after the initial proceedings finish.—
Cecilia Domínguez,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
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“Skirmisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skirmisher. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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