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as in announcer
a person who conducts a program of entertainment by making introductions and providing continuity
our favorite morning TV show has a new host
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as in swarm
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a host of people assembled along the parade route to see the new president
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These insights from local chefs offer visitors an authentic taste of each host city's unique culinary identity.
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Carinne Geil Botta,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Idaho has passed a host of other laws in recent years targeting transgender people, many of which have faced legal challenges.
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Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
30 June 2026
Located in the state of Nuevo León, Monterrey is the only Mexican host city not to feature the country's national team — but this hasn’t stopped swaths of fans from wearing dark green and enjoying the World Cup spectacle in their hometown.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
The former The Talk show co-host will be joining the panel alongside Big Brother champions Taylor Hale and Derric Levasseur.
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Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
30 June 2026
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Carinne Geil Botta,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Idaho has passed a host of other laws in recent years targeting transgender people, many of which have faced legal challenges.
—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
30 June 2026
Located in the state of Nuevo León, Monterrey is the only Mexican host city not to feature the country's national team — but this hasn’t stopped swaths of fans from wearing dark green and enjoying the World Cup spectacle in their hometown.
—
ABC News,
30 June 2026
The former The Talk show co-host will be joining the panel alongside Big Brother champions Taylor Hale and Derric Levasseur.
—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
30 June 2026
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The National Sports Media Association also honored longtime Atlanta Hawks play‑by‑play announcer Steve Holman.
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Riles’s face is impassive, focused, as the announcer reads out the winner.
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Their strategy focuses on low-cost drone swarms, maximizing pilot effectiveness.
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Every wedding, every cherry blossom season in Japan, every birth, reactor accidents too, swarms of insects, kittens playing with woolen balls, people disfigured by war, palm trees at sunset—five billion photos a day.
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The framework has provisions for a test run of sorts, with Israeli troops withdrawing from two pilot zones where the Lebanese army will gradually assume security responsibilities.
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Earlier this month, the Nigerian army rescued more than 300 people abducted by Boko Haram from Ngoshe, a town about 114 kilometers (71 miles) from Lassa, where Monday’s abduction happened.
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Neusch barged past the couple on the stairs and released a flock of insect drones from his leg pouch.
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Look, snakes of a feather flock together.
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Across its 55,000-square-foot footprint, the $24 million building is composed of a learning center and classrooms, company orderly rooms, battalion planning space and secure equipment storage — and carries a plaque honoring the state’s 30th governor.
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These religious sites and sacred areas throughout Ukraine have not been used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces or Ukrainian volunteer battalions as staging grounds to fight against Russian forces.
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The plebeians have plenty to be furious about, but their representatives, skilled at turning a crowd into a mob, seem hellbent on shoring up their own influence.
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Large-scale events involve tabletop exercises with law enforcement, fire departments, emergency managers and venue officials running through countless scenarios — evacuations, suspicious packages, drones and crowd surges.
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Tour guides in tricorn hats and colonial garb brought throngs of tourists to sites along the Freedom Trail, including the Granary Burying Ground, the Old North Church, and Paul Revere’s home.
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Tomorrow may be even more surreal, with another day of oppressive heat and throngs of tourists in town to see what the president has billed as the biggest fireworks display in human history.
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With plenty of nervous energy, hordes of United States fans packed into KC Live!
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And now, Swift’s fans are set to descend on the city, accompanied by hordes of media who until recently had little to no concrete information about the hush-hush affair.
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“Host.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/host. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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