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In March, state media reported that China arrested seven people in an operation targeting traffickers of fentanyl precursors, according to the Reuters news agency.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026 -
The mission is a precursor to future Artemis launches that will rehearse rendezvous and docking maneuvers with the program's lunar landers, and eventually land astronauts on the lunar surface.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Williams had managed traditional Tex-Mex restaurants that were the forerunner of today’s Mercado Juarez Cafes.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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The camp is a program of the Woodcraft Rangers, founded by author and naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton, whose pioneering Woodcraft Rangers program was a forerunner to groups such as the Boy Scouts.—
Jessie Dax-Setkus,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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Indeed, during his time in office, Frick delivered a foretaste of what could be expected if the National Socialists came to power nationally.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
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The Art Institute offered a foretaste of the collection through two exhibitions — one focused on Neoclassical paintings, the other on French Revolution-era drawings — in the fall.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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More than a forewarning, the project is an open invitation into the Texan’s sonic world, drawing on elements from an array of genres.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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According to Davidson, the BAFTAs did give the crowd some forewarning about his tics.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2026
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Take the time to find your incentive to push you along the journey that the angel number 000 is signaling.—
Olivia Munson,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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The victim's family and friends showed up at court wearing t-shirts with DeFrances' picture on them wrapped in angel's wings.—
Erika Stanish,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Characterized by the exchange of representatives and the sojourn of Kongolese students in Portugal, this period was a harbinger of late 20th-century technical assistance.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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And this seems a harbinger, given that cursive has been cut from the Common Core.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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Musk also sued Media Matters for America, claiming its reporting triggered the advertiser exodus.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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The firm observes that advertiser access to impressive advancements in richer data, smarter automation, and increasingly granular targeting has failed to meaningfully shift these familiar benchmarks.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Local Democratic leaders say the party needs neighborhood-level organizing and trusted messengers, not outside organizers, to mobilize these voters effectively.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Trusted messengers are also flooding the airwaves and opinion pages to ensure the legislature does not replace mayoral control with a new system.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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