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Frances Quinlan Quinlan had planned to celebrate her 34th birthday in a backwoods cabin this week, before a Friday show in Ohio.—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2020 -
The potholes are worth it, however, for the great weekend of backwoods hiking and exploring .—
Stef Schrader,
Popular Mechanics,
25 Apr. 2020
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In a tremendous blow to public media, crucial funding for PBS and NPR stations — particularly in rural areas — has been eliminated.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
31 July 2025
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Unlike other migrant groups, Venezuelans are rarely employed in agriculture or rural jobs.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
31 July 2025
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Bashir also encourages the use of solar power, helping clients navigate provincial subsidies and designing homes with electrical systems that can easily accommodate solar panel installations or solar roof tiles.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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One local Druze man told me on Tuesday that artillery was raining down on the provincial capital, and that kidnappings and gun battles were taking place across the area.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
18 July 2025
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Its twanging guitars and pounding drums scan as countrified classic rock, but every element seems muffled, as if emanating from an iPhone lost in a couch.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
26 July 2025
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Wendy Moten For three decades, Memphis native and Nashville resident Wendy Moten has blended '90s R&B swagger and countrified soul into a show-stopping blend.—
Caché McClay,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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The 37-room masseria, which sits atop a bucolic hillside facing the Adriatic Sea, was once owned by the Marquis Palmieri of Monopoli, a 16th-century noble landowner who is best remembered for participating in the Crusades to the Holy Land.—
Aileen Weintraub,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 July 2025
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The pairing of aperitifs and canapés, accompanied by views of the bucolic countryside and herb garden in the backyard, feels transportative.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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