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as in held on
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as in signed (up or on)
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The next Federal Reserve meeting, meanwhile, will be held on July 28 and July 29.
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The free concerts, which began in 2000, are sponsored by the Clarendon Hills Chamber of Commerce and are held on Prospect Avenue, between the railroad tracks and Park Avenue in the downtown area.
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As of Monday, Blue was no longer employed at the McDonald’s, and is being held at the Broward County Jail without bond, per NBC Miami.
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First, that Netanyahu will once again rely on the anti-Arab rhetoric that his party has employed for years.
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But it’s kicked into a higher gear recently after democratic socialists won several New York City congressional primaries last week.
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But it's kicked into a higher gear recently after democratic socialists won several New York City congressional primaries last week.
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Jefferson took on the role of writing the first draft of the declaration.
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Ament didn’t quite reach his offensive potential at Tennessee, but this is not dissimilar to the gamble the Bucks once took on a young Antetokounmpo.
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Stuart Fails to Save the Universe is the fourth show in the Big Bang Theory-verse, following the original series, which ran on CBS from 2005-19, and prequels Young Sheldon and Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, also on CBS.
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The former hedge fund manager ran on a progressive platform, promising to slash electricity bills by 25%, build 1 million new homes and rollout single-payer health insurance.
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For ordinary users, this means more personal information is collected, passed through more systems and retained in more databases, all in the name of preventing crime.
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Under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004, at least 80% of the entrance fees paid onsite must be retained and used at the national park where the fees are collected.
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The Heat began Tuesday by retaining three-point shooting forward Simone Fontecchio in free agency, and then continued to address its need for outside shooting when league-wide free agent negotiations were permitted to begin Tuesday night.
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Still, the landowner had continued to find pieces of wreckage for years.
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Within six months of living in Houston with his uncle, Michael Strahan was recruited to play college football.
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Novelo attended the San Francisco Art Institute and received his MFA from Stanford before Holberton recruited him to San Jose State.
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“Kept (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kept%20%28on%29. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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