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as in held on
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The memorial will be held on Sunday, September 21, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025 -
Eury Perez tossed five shutout innings as the Miami Marlins held on to beat the Colorado Rockies 6-5 in Denver on Tuesday night.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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The frenetic energy carried on into Saturday night, the climax of the week, the event whence Burning Man gets its name, when the entire city gathers to watch a towering effigy go up in flames.—
Denver Nicks,
Rolling Stone,
14 Sep. 2025
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In general, those with lithium-ion or lithium-metal batteries should also be carried on board, where flight crews can recognize and respond to lithium battery fires, according to the FAA.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Rangers Behind stellar pitching, the Guardians’ calling card for the last decade, Stephen Vogt’s club has hung around far longer than anyone expected, considering the club lost 10 straight a few months ago and then dropped another nine of 10 in August.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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All the fair-weather friends who hung around her business are gone, and her kids and grandkids have floated away.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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After her first three babies came home, Ness kept up her daily visits to the hospital, bundling up her infants to sit with their sister.—
Jeff Truesdell,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Then, the Vikings’ defense kept up the pressure on Williams to give McCarthy another chance at the lead with a three-and-out forced on the ensuing possession.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Borrowers visited bank branches, submitted paperwork, and waited for credit committees to decide.—
AJ Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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This designation allowed those companies to legally sell their existing spirits, while the rest of the alcohol industry either waited it out, sold their stock to a company with a license, or dabbled in the underground spirits world.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
16 Sep. 2025
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The museum stuck around for four years after Klairmont’s death.—
Nina Metz,
Boston Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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Viewers who stuck around to the end also got their very own love letter written by Han herself as a thank you for watching.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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More brutality, though, awaited him in Kampala.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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As Bailey awaited the first pitch from Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Tanner Scott with one out, the score tied and no place to put him, his Giants teammates clung to the dugout rail in anticipation of hurdling it.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Hung on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung%20on. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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