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The source emphasized that Nancy was never scheduled to attend a Tucson church service that day, contrary to some reports, and said the misunderstanding has led to confusion about the circumstances surrounding when she was first reported missing.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026 -
There were at least three deaths related to measles that year, the first documented in a decade.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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Though the holiday’s origins trace back to ancient China, it’s now celebrated across East and Southeast Asia and abroad.—
Phoebe Fry,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Feb. 2026
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The bill is now in the Senate after the House passed it on Wednesday.—
Ryan Mancini,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2026
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The other half of that spacewalk, Christina Koch, is among the four Artemis II astronauts waiting to fly around the moon as early as March.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Paul Modrowski was 18 years old when prosecutors charged him and a co-defendant with the murder of a friend, Dean Fawcett, whose headless body was discovered months earlier near railroad tracks in Barrington.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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But before long, Israel was launching thousands of air strikes not just into Gaza but also into Lebanon and Syria.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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The first whistles delivered by Hector Flores were gone before long.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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“First off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/first%20off. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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