Although the dollar overtook the British pound sterling in the mid-1920s as the currency of choice in global foreign exchange reserves, its stature as the world’s reserve currency was secured only at the Bretton Woods conference toward the end of World War II.
—
Edward Fishman,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Apr. 2025
This comes just a few days after Derrick White overtook Isaiah Thomas for the most individual threes in a season in Celtics’ franchise history.
But a rebuild can be accelerated a lot with a special player like Haliburton.
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David Aldridge,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
The rebuild accelerated after Indiana traded then-two-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis, along with Justin Holiday and Jeremy Lamb to Sacramento for Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson at the 2022 trade deadline.
Yet that change paid instant dividends as the Türkiye international sprinted into space down the right, latching onto a through ball from Samuel Mbangula and driving the ball into the top corner.
—
Adam Digby,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
Jones sprinted to the middle of the field, bouncing up and down, excitedly pumping his right fist.
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