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Adverb
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The Shakopee boys’ South Suburban Conference game will be played first starting at 5:30 p.m., followed by the girls contest at 7:15 p.m. Both games will be streamed live on Sabers live, which can be found at shakopeesabers.com/live.—
Tom Schardin,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025 -
The paper’s findings were first spotted by MIT Technology Review.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
7 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The Spurs improved at the margins around him this summer, adding veterans Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes to aid a young core that now includes Stephon Castle, drafted fourth in June and protected in these talks with the Kings.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Bowman Gray Stadium now has a new lighting system and a SAFER barrier, which will stay at Winston-Salem State University’s football stadium beyond this NASCAR race weekend.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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His recent Butterfly Effect tour had just kicked off earlier this month.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Matt Pinfield, former MTV VJ, suffered a massive stroke earlier this month and remains hospitalized, PEOPLE confirms.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
30 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Some tried Fire Road, an alternate evacuation route during emergencies, but before long that passage was surrounded by flames, residents said.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC News,
11 Jan. 2025
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But when hundreds of millions of users are updating, even a very small percentage impacted is a large number of people—and those people can be vocal and can take to forums and social media to make their point, and that gets picked up and amplified, and before long there’s a perception issue.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
29 Dec. 2024
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