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The Broncos have pressured Mahomes more than any team over the last three years.—
Sam McDowell
Updated May 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026 -
There is a narrative here in Israel that the way to punish the Palestinians, or to pressure Hamas, is by taking more and more territory.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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But the window that Pawlikowski chooses for Fatherland is defiantly compact, a stretch of time that the director compresses even more to place the suicide of Erika’s brother Klaus, which happened in the south of France two months before, within the space of the trip.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Anything that compresses operating margin compresses the cash flow bondholders are lending against.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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“Bear (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bear%20%28down%29. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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