as in with
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I was late for work because of the snowstorm, which made driving a nightmare
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Many flawed policy ideas gain traction because of misconceptions about both college prices and student debt.
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Neetu Arnold, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
My relationship with my ancestors and with my son has been altered forever because of it.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Kansas sophomore guard Jamari McDowell actually didn’t have time to get nervous — or overthink his role — after learning freshman sensation Darryn Peterson would miss Monday’s game against Arizona because of flu-like symptoms.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
Dating apps are especially sensitive targets because of the nature of the data involved.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Neetu Arnold, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
My relationship with my ancestors and with my son has been altered forever because of it.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Kansas sophomore guard Jamari McDowell actually didn’t have time to get nervous — or overthink his role — after learning freshman sensation Darryn Peterson would miss Monday’s game against Arizona because of flu-like symptoms.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
Dating apps are especially sensitive targets because of the nature of the data involved.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Essential goods strain meager household budgets, with consumers paying around 363 Pakistani rupees for a dozen eggs or 2,186 Pakistan rupees for a kilogram of wheat flour, according to economic data firm CEIC Data, citing 2025 figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.—
Sana Noor Haq,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Brennan Center looks at what the change will be by region in 2030 compared with 2020.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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