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Beyond the considerable issue of adequately defending the potent Eagles offense, the Chiefs most obviously will seek to better protect Mahomes — who was sacked six times and pressured 16 times without the Eagles blitzing once.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025 -
He's also been sacked three times (3) while rushing for a total of negative-three yards on 13 carries (including sacks).—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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The company is pink-slipping 15% of its staff, according to a source with knowledge of the cuts.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
27 Aug. 2025
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Oil and gas industries shed thousands of jobs A long period of low prices for crude oil has led Chevron, BP, ConocoPhillips and others to axe thousands of jobs in oil and gas operations, the FT reports.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Ahead of Euro 2024, Nagelsmann made the drastic step to axe certain key players from the squad.—
Manuel Veth,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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By removing color, the focus shifts to texture, light, gesture, and gaze — emphasizing the nuances of connection and the multiplicity of what love can look like beyond normative, romanticized ideals.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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Social media platforms, including YouTube and X, have begun removing videos of the attack.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Maxwell pitched a scoreless, and then Connor Phillips, a relative veteran with 18 big-league appearances on his resume, worked around a walk to retire the top of the Padres’ order and earned the win following Tyler Stephenson’s homer.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Rutherford, who retired in 2021 but previously worked with Barth on certain programs, said Barth’s expertise was particularly useful in dealing with challenges that most people don’t fully consider.—
Nathan Ansell,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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Watch Ferrari on Hulu Eileen Debuting at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, this psychological thriller set in 1960s Massachusetts centers on the titular Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie), a young secretary ostracized by her peers at a correctional facility for teenage boys.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Judy was sort of a nonentity in these films until Annabelle Comes Home, where she was played by Mckenna Grace and given the character development of being ostracized by her classmates over her possible-grifter parents.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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But nonprofits are sounding the alarm that HIV/AIDS projects have been terminated regardless.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The now former employee, 23-year-old David Berriochoa, told the Idaho Statesman that he was terminated from the department’s Human Rights Commission on Friday morning after screenshots of one of his comments — and some of his personal information — were spread widely online.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Sep. 2025
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Plymouth South shut out Silver Lake 34-0 in its season opener.—
Zachary McMahon,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Entering the night, Colorado had been shut out in all four games at Petco this season.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Defenestrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenestrate. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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