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Sumrall has injected urgency, accountability and toughness into a program that desperately needed all three.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2026 -
The Cavs’ lack of urgency and sloppy ballhandling have let the Pistons drag this to a Game 7.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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This is not an area where Chelsea can afford too many exits without high-quality replacements, particularly given the importance of attacking full-backs in Alonso’s football.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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This year, brands are turning out an abundance of newness as consumers still emphatically embrace the heritage bottom and sustainability continues to grow in importance.—
Catherine Salfino,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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Claude will suddenly and unexpectedly tell a user during an ordinary chat to consider getting some sleep or rest, doing so in a casual, positive manner (not a harsh demand or rude insistence).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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This comes from her insistence that helping young people requires helping the people raising them.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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For Carl Douglas, one of those defense attorneys, that moment stands among his clearest memories of the trial.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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While votes on the MVP and other postseason awards are submitted before the start of the playoffs, the league traditionally waits for an opportune moment to announce the winners on the pregame shows of its media partners.—
Mike Prada,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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That projection is based on the player’s performance in each metric over the last three seasons (five for goalies), weighted for recency where more recent seasons carry more significance and regressed to the mean.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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The significance of these findings The study suggests human right-handedness may be deeply rooted in the same evolutionary changes that transformed how our ancestors moved and interacted with the world.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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In West Texas, some locals were hopeful that the exigencies of life in a rural area, where recordkeeping can be rudimentary and property boundaries aren’t always clear, might stymie the project, at least for a little while.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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The likelihood of success in a second round of talks increases with the political exigencies and condition of those at the table.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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Yet, any large-scale damage today would have far greater consequences than in the telegraph age, given the world’s near absolute dependence on data flows through these cables.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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The consequences would not be immediate or automatic.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The other stars in the diamond are second magnitude Denebola (marking the tail of Leo, the Lion), first magnitude Spica (the spike of wheat in the hand of Virgo) and zero-magnitude Arcturus (in Boötes the Herdsman).—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
15 May 2026
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Davis has either tuned out or somehow remained oblivious to any fan sentiment that diminishes the magnitude of his home run because of what unfolded after it.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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“Instancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instancy. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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