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The law allows a President to exclude personal records, sets out timetables for releasing documents once the President has left office, and provides a mechanism for asserting executive privilege to keep certain material secret.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026 -
Sam, Merry and Pippin set out to retrace the first steps of their adventure.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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Austere separated first, but Warming, jockeyed by John Velazquez, kept pace and overtook the lead down the stretch.—
Taylor Lyons,
Baltimore Sun,
16 May 2026
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In what was essentially a wide-open race, the horse with 7-1 odds overtook pacesetter and 9-2 favorite Taj Mahal for the win.—
Emily Ohman,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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That set off a week of dueling accusations between defense lawyers and prosecutors over the speed at which the conspiracy charge was dropped and what went on in the grand jury room.—
Hannah Meisel,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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The first Orient Express famously set off on its maiden voyage in October 1883, traveling from Paris to Istanbul (then Constantinople) over three days.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
19 May 2026
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According to the complaint, the man had his camera pointed at a child at one point.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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It feels pointed at this point.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
23 Feb. 2026
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On Saturday, Witt sprinted around the basepaths for an inside-the-park homer against the Detroit Tigers at Kauffman Stadium.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 May 2026
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Breakker sprinted up the ropes and barely hit a mistimed Frankensteiner for another nearfall.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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In 2022, a troll installed at The Giants of Mandurah exhibit in Australia was lit on fire, per KUT News.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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Rounding things out are the 20 illuminated squares housed in the door sill guards, the seventh of which is lit red.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
22 May 2026
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Not lies; language that outran its own foundation.—
Kathleen Lucente,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Counting Stars has gone off as the favorite in three of her last four starts and outran her 11-1 odds in a second in the Grade 3 Honeybee.—
Geoff Clark OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Her team quickly put together a plan to help coördinate repairs, secure new electrical generators, implement a triage system, and organize trainings for staff.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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The Bengals, who at one point trailed 6-1, put the game on ice with eight runs in the bottom of the sixth.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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“Beelined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beelined. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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