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Additionally, California has the highest median rent in the nation, with asking rents approaching $2,900 statewide, according to Zillow data.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026 -
With the season’s first Subway Series rapidly approaching, the Yankees’ offense hasn’t exactly been chugging along.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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The company is also nearing the end of enrollment in its Phase III TIGeR-PaC trial.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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The campus is nearing completion of One Water Living Learning Laboratory, which will train water professionals.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Now, the space agency is focusing on the next big step for its Artemis program—proving the viability of the technologies that will land astronauts back on the Moon.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
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Officials are focusing on protecting the environment, as crews have teams measuring the extent of the flows and working with collaborating agencies, Katon said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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The Disney subsidiary behind Doomsday is called For All Time Productions UK in a nod to its theme of converging timelines.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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That idea is at the center of Continuous Detection, Continuous Response (CDCR), a new framework implemented through Mate Security’s platform for converging those functions into a single continuous cycle.—
K.H. Koehler,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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“Closing in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closing%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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