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as in hid
to remain out of sight
paparazzi were lying in wait outside the restaurant, a well-known celebrity hangout
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Manager Carlos Mendoza has gone from an early-season Manager of the Year candidate to a popular name in hot seat debates.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025 -
Multiple videos that have gone viral locally on social media but were later deleted showed the fight and ensuing altercations that occurred, including one of Taddese’s friends attempting to help him before Taddese was fatally shot, a moment also captured on camera.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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Sharpe also been an organizer of Bockfest and was the development director of former local radio station WNKU.—
Erin Glynn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Sep. 2025
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Sean Payton‘s been the Broncos head coach for just over two years now.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
1 Sep. 2025
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The 11-billion-euro ($13 billion) Lyon-Turin High-Speed Rail Tunnel extends more than 65 kilometers (40 miles) with 57½ kilometers (nearly 36 miles) of the Mont Cenis base tunnel running underground from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France and Susa, Italy.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Buttigieg could run for president in 2028 as the party vets a variety of candidates to lead them in a couple of years.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Levi Jones, a 33-year-old business owner, pulled up to Sacred Eye Tattoos in Hollywood last week and sat for eight hours getting a photorealistic black-and-white portrait of Mangione on his leg.—
Amanda Rosa,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
24 Dec. 2024
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Kraft had an 8-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter that extended Green Bay’s lead to 24-10.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The 9-inch monochrome CRT was retained, but the floppy drive no longer had a door, and the keyboard was extended with several special keys.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Coach Jim Hiller will be entering his second full season behind the bench, and the roster is transitioning to a next-generation core led by Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala offensively, with young guns like Quinton Byfield, Brandt Clarke and Alex Laferriere all on the rise.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Their work, led by Yong Lin Kong, highlights a material that combines unusual flexibility with remarkable strength.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Lain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lain. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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