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This watch has a brown leather strap with off-white stitching and a striking green matte finish dial, complemented by a seconds’ counter at the 9 o’clock position and a red hand.—
Laia Farran Graves,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025 -
These space-saving magnetic racks can be attached to your fridge to keep your counter free of clutter.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
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The 45% hike in the city’s current citywide minimum wage of $17.25 an hour would be a body blow to many employers — and the ongoing trash fee debacle shows no one should trust City Hall to be competent in crafting and executing any major policy.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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The big body blow for the ECB, BCCI and cricket’s global appeal has already been delivered with the consecutive retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli earlier in the month.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Khan feared that delaying his departure beyond the deadline might have resulted in his wife and children being hauled off to a police station along with him, which would have been a blow to his family’s dignity.—
Elena Becatoros,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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Losing Senga for an extended period would be a major blow for the Mets, but there's still reason to believe the team will explore trades for its pitchers even with him sidelined.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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With 23 degrees of freedom and powerful knee joints, these robots can throw hooks and side kicks and recover quickly after a fall.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2025
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Public benefits were reserved primarily for the families of veterans, and private charity went almost exclusively to widows, for even do-gooders were loath to let absent fathers off the hook by helping their children.—
Augustine Sedgewick,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Both the 2018 original and its sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, were box office and critical hits.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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The Royals scored 22 runs on 37 hits in the I-70 series against the St. Louis Cardinals.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
7 June 2025
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Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more!—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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Forget drill, baby, drill; at current prices America’s drillers have been mothballing rigs at a rapid clip to preserve capital.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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But so too did the 2023 U.S. Open winner, Wyndham Clark. Clark bogeyed his 36th and final hole to miss the cut by a single stroke.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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Scott would manage to save par but Burns would not, dropping a stroke as his lead thinned.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
15 June 2025
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There’s the conveyor belt of currents taking plastic from a beach in Florida, into the north Atlantic high up into the Arctic.—
Vivienne Walt,
Time,
16 June 2025
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When light-dependent species are forced upward into a smaller belt near surface waters, the competition for resources and food intensifies and animals are exposed to an elevated risk of predation.—
Jay Kakade
June 14,
New Atlas,
14 June 2025
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“Counterblow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterblow. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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