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Last year, four different men from Chile were accused in a string of burglaries targeting multimillion-dollar homes in Ohio with possible ties to heists in Minnesota.—
Ashley Grams,
CBS News,
14 May 2026 -
But according to federal officials, the Punjabi Devils were an outlaw gang with ties to the Hells Angels, whose members often wore patches with an outline of Punjab, a region that includes northern India and central eastern Pakistan, and a turbaned skull.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The acquisitions bring the Hirshhorn’s holdings to more than 13,000 works.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
13 May 2026
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Taiwan Semi alone is about 13% of EEM and the next 4 holdings are Samsung , Tencent, SK Hynix and Alibaba — all essentially the Asia AI hardware supply chain.—
Todd Gordon,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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The sport is all popped collars and Vineyard Vines.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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The final collection for Wilson is pleated, fluffy, lacy and — with its neat A-line cuts and sophisticated collars — unmistakably tennis.—
Kaio Cesar,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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“Hold-downs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hold-downs. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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