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The famous ride and an ensuing battle at Lexington and Concord touched off the American Revolution.
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Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
The following day, a two-hour rescue mission ensued as the team attached a tracking buoy to the net around the whale’s tail in case the whale swam off before it was freed, rescuers said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The ensuing exodus could weaken the agency’s ability to collect taxes.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
On the ensuing faceoff, Columbus’ Mathieu Olivier dropped the gloves with Washington’s Dylan McIlrath and landed two or three heavy punches.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
The following day, a two-hour rescue mission ensued as the team attached a tracking buoy to the net around the whale’s tail in case the whale swam off before it was freed, rescuers said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The ensuing exodus could weaken the agency’s ability to collect taxes.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
On the ensuing faceoff, Columbus’ Mathieu Olivier dropped the gloves with Washington’s Dylan McIlrath and landed two or three heavy punches.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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In 2006, Steve Irwin died following an injury from a stingray incurred during the filming of an underwater documentary.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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The film follows a group of travel vloggers who find themselves in a remote village haunted by ancient rituals and a terrifying legend.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2025
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Additional charges against Weinstein announced Manhattan District Attorney Vance announced the filing of a superseding grand jury indictment, which added charges connected with a third incident in 2006.—
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2025
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The second superseding indictment leveled an additional allegation that the rap mogul subjected his employees to forced labor under inhumane circumstances.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2025
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In a 2022 article in Daedalus, Erik Brynjolfsson argued that today’s key challenge is steering A.I. development toward augmenting the efforts of human workers rather than replacing them.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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After four races, the reigning world champion accounts for all but two of Red Bull’s 71 points, with Yuki Tsunoda, who replaced Liam Lawson after the Chinese Grand Prix, scoring the other two on Sunday.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Yousef masterfully carries us along from the women’s happier memories of Kinkade as a devoted family man to someone whose work and fame began to supplant the needs of his wife and kids.—
Gary Goldstein,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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There was a time when the U.S. Open attempted to claim that title, and it was usually supplanted by The Open Championship – a tournament once known as The British Open.—
Steve Silverman,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Today, Venezuela is the source of the largest exodus in Latin American history and the second-largest refugee crisis in the world outside of war, with nearly 8 million people displaced.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2025
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Zimbabwe’s global image suffered after controversial land reforms more than two decades ago displaced more 4,000 white farmers to redistribute land to about 300,000 Black families, according to government figures.—
Farai Mutsaka,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Ensue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensue. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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