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Not only does that put United beyond the 6,000-game mark, Opta and the English National Football Archive’s stance throws up a few quirky conundrums.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025 -
Cash allocations rise, as investors wait for that volatility to throw up investing opportunities.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
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Lucas County officials have announced plans to form a task force to examine and rebuild trust in local child welfare systems.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Puerto Rico has struggled with chronic outages since September 2017, when Hurricane Maria pummeled the island as a powerful Category 4 storm, razing a power grid that crews are still struggling to rebuild.—
Danica Coto,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
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In the last five years, SpaceX has launched hundreds of operational spy satellites and more recently several prototypes, which could be retrofitted to be used for the project, the sources said.—
Mike Stone and Marisa Taylor,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Gamification can also be retrofitted to existing franchises, the TF1 unscripted exec adds.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2025
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Everything seemed fair game to be pulled apart and reassembled, though not necessarily in its original order.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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Again, be sure the components are dry before reassembling the feeder.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2025
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Criterion sought for years to reconstruct the films and eventually released their 4K restorations in 2015.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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The house where the Jewish teenager penned her famous diary has been reconstructed for visitors to experience the five rooms the Frank family and others lived in before they were discovered in 1944 and sent to concentration camps.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Feather said Duolingo can combine mobile gaming and language learning, bringing its total addressable market to $220 billion.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2025
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To save even more, consider mixing materials—for example, combining wood posts with metal balusters.—
Abid Haque,
Architectural Digest,
23 Apr. 2025
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The red flag warnings remain in effect through Thursday, though the critical fire weather conditions could redevelop on Friday across much of central and eastern New Mexico as strong southwest winds persist.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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It will be redeveloped, probably to accommodate people who can hit a bucket of balls and have an appletini and some calamari before retiring to their new townhome.—
David Petitti,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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From harborside penthouses to country retreats, Daher Interior Design devises functional and beautiful spaces that stand the test of time.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
15 Apr. 2025
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Though the defenses devised by Perrin hold for a long time despite there being only a grand total of three professional soldiers in the entire village — Faile, Bain, and Chiad — the good guys are betrayed from within.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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