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Last season, fan favorite Maura Higgins fronted the weekly talk show.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
6 June 2025 -
The tune, fronted by pop band Maroon 5 and featuring the Thai rapper and Blackpink member, continues to climb several of Billboard’s airplay rankings.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Bustos also confronted Grippo around that time, telling him his comments were inappropriate, according to the complaint.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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While college should be a time of parties, spring break trips, challenging classes, and new relationships, today's young adults are increasingly confronted with something far more sobering: the death of their peers.—
Charell G. Coleman,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Instead, as Apple heads into this year’s showcase, the company faces nagging questions about whether the nearly 50-year-old company has lost some of the mystique and innovative drive that turned it into a tech trendsetter.—
Michael Liedtke,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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One university, Oregon, is already facing an existing Title IX class action lawsuit that includes claims of inequitable treatment related to NIL opportunities and resources.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 June 2025
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Its superiority was passed like a shibboleth among food connoisseurs: Thighs are juicier, tastier, are almost half the price—preferable in just about every way to the boneless, skinless, flavorless breasts that reign supreme in America.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2025
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How can breast cancer support groups help patients and survivors?—
Sam Manzella,
Flow Space,
30 Sep. 2024
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Across from me, Sabrina Carpenter is shoulders-deep in a cylindrical wooden ice bath of her own, braving four degrees Celsius in a baby-blue lace bikini.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2025
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Twelve-year-old Nanning braves the treacherous sea to hunt seals, goes fishing at night and works the nearby farm to help his mother feed the family.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
14 May 2025
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He’s used the executive branch to punish law firms and universities who’ve dared to go against him ideologically.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2025
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Under the Sagittarius full moon, daring to put your faith in others expands your world!—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
11 June 2025
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“Face up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/face%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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