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That works out to a net domestic outmigration of over 30,000 residents.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
11 Feb. 2026 -
That works out to just 11 opportunities over a 61-day stretch — and some of them may be nixed by bad weather or the need to replenish commodities like rocket fuel.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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This all comes off as quite wholesome and healthy and refreshing to the large group of investors who spent the past three years bemoaning the increasing concentration of market value in a small cluster of AI-chasing tech platform giants.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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This person was a guest in your home, and her behavior comes off as ungracious.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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The latest episode of Inside Inter Miami discusses Messi and goes over the club’s 2-2 draw in Ecuador this past weekend.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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Rauw, a 33-year-old San Jaun romantic, had a breakthrough after a breakup, skipping coolly across genres and balancing electronic and acoustic arrangements following a split with Rosalia; even in polar vortex hell, Karol G’s Tropicoqueta goes over like a glass of concentrated essence of summer.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Bhusri succeeds Carl Eschenbach, who will stay with the company as strategic advisor to the CEO.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Smith succeeds Ted Stimpson, who took on the role in October 2023.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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As the camera pans out, the screen flickers, and House appears for a second.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
4 Feb. 2026
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The camera pans out to the hallway as visitors flee, while the gorilla’s roar echoes loudly in the background.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Athletes describe moments when everything clicks.—
Malana VanTyler,
Sacbee.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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While both Saks and Amazon once held big aspirations for the bricks to clicks connection, and the web giant was expecting big payments for referrals, the relationship has broken down.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
2 Feb. 2026
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