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The service This is where staying in a luxury hotel really pays off.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026 -
Residents can request the HOA be turned over to them, but Pulte also currently pays off the HOA’s yearly budget shortfall, according to company officials.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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The SoonerSafe Rebate Program pays up to 75% of the cost of a new safe room, up to $3,000.—
Dale Denwalt,
Oklahoman,
6 Mar. 2026
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Norton, his interest piqued, pays up to discover there is more like it at Ox Lake, 600 miles farther north in the open tundra known as the Barren Grounds.—
Malcolm Forbes,
Washington Post,
22 Feb. 2026
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Bamako Encounters, founded in 1994, stands as perhaps the starkest example of this precarity.—
Smooth Nzewi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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His net rating with independents stands at minus 45 points.—
Sam Stevenson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Austin also pays its top officials more money with a few notable exceptions.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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On average, the federal government pays roughly 70% of the total cost of the overarching Medicaid program in Idaho, which includes the expansion.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2026
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November stakes In Lake County, the positions of Clerk, Treasurer, and Sheriff — currently held by Anthony Vega, Holly Kim and John Idleburg, respectively — are all coming up for election, as well as county board positions for Districts 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 19.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Small towns may have the majority of oceanfront real estate, but Pensacola stakes its claim with more than 50 miles of white-sand shoreline.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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