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as in lined up
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as in recruited
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After Prada, Cantino joined Louis Vuitton, recruited by then-chairman and CEO Michael Burke, as senior vice president of communications.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
25 May 2026 -
Many of the athletes being recruited by these schools have enough options that boycotting the South isn’t a tremendous sacrifice.—
Jemele Hill,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Ghana recently summoned South Africa's ambassador over reported attacks on Ghanaians, before announcing it would evacuate its affected citizens.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
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Ghana recently summoned South Africa’s ambassador over reported attacks on Ghanaians, before announcing it would evacuate its affected citizens.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Some graduates earned their diplomas while still enrolled in high school through CCD programs.—
Justin Adams,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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According to local school officials, roughly two-thirds of students enrolled in the Salmon River district are Mohawk.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
14 May 2026
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He’d been invited to a brainstorm convened by Nathan Myhrvold, a polymath inventor.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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And when a City Council committee convened Tuesday to dissect the events, things got heated as exasperated council members grilled city staff about their response to the trio of problems.—
Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
26 May 2026
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And the surviving documents may not be well organized or cataloged.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 May 2026
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On solo trips, there’s nothing worse than arriving somewhere and rifling through a mess of clothes; these cubes keep everything organized from lift‑off to landing.—
Julie Rousseau,
Travel + Leisure,
24 May 2026
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Scientists have long grouped sharks together as a natural evolutionary unit, meaning every shark species shares a common ancestor that rays and skates do not.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Mauigoa, Tyson, Carnell Tate, Sonny Styles and Caleb Downs were grouped in the next tier.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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So on May 8, the department referred the case to the division of administrative hearings, where a judge can help sort out what happened and weigh in on what sanctions, if any, should be levied against her.—
Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
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Jackson, who died in 2009, repeatedly denied Chandler’s accusations, as well as those levied by other boys.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
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“Called (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/called%20%28up%29. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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