as in finds
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
the doctor finally hit on what was wrong with the pain-wracked woman
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If the judge finds there is sufficient evidence to proceed to trial, Robinson will be arraigned and enter pleas.
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David Andrew Morton as Lank Hawkins finds humor in the character’s unabashed anger.
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Sensors read a physiological signal, feed it back in real time, and the user learns to nudge it in a calmer direction.
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Junior talent now learns strategy earlier while AI handles repetitive production, giving humans more space for taste, storytelling and relationships.
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As the two form a close bond, Laila discovers there's some weird business going on within the house that threatens both of them.
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Despite the hotel being burned to the ground, Enola discovers both a war medal and a friend — Mikiel Mizzi (Azzopardi).
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.
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Their combative behavior gets under your skin as Mars and Uranus align!
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The logic runs down the rest of the stack too, to the companies that supply the chips, the networking, and the electricity, the layers that get paid first when capacity is the thing in short supply.
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With these two nations, expect a physical, fiery battle packed with relentless runs down both wings.
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Keep your head held high, as Cancer season turns up the volume around career, ambition and public visibility.
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Whole-body screening of people with no symptoms turns up incidental findings in 20% to 40% of scans, yet only a small fraction ever require treatment, as University of Michigan radiologists have noted.
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What begins as a journey for father and son to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye, quickly turns into a fantastical adventure the tests their relationship and digs up ghosts from Kratos' past.
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By chance, Bogdan digs up a gravesite that has bones laid on top of it—bones belonging to Peter Mercer.
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Video shared by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele reportedly showed the moment a Salvadorian rescuer locates a woman, identified as Belkys Barreto, trapped under rubble in Caraballeda, and reassures her that help is near.
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It's sturdily built, quick to set up and automatically locates night sky targets and provides crisp, clear views of them.
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“Hits (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hits%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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