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Not a week goes by without news of a high-profile auction breaking in Publishers Weekly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026 -
Other teams breaking in transfer quarterbacks are Illinois (Katin Houser, East Carolina), Nebraska (Anthony Colandrea, UNLV), Northwestern (Aidan Chiles, Michigan State), Penn State (Rocco Becht, Iowa State) and Wisconsin (Colton Joseph, Old Dominion).—
Eric Olson,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Calvo is taking an aggressive stance in seeking to collect outstanding balances from the debtors, including the hospitals, arguing that the city cannot continue allowing large private institutions to accumulate unpaid debt while enforcing strict payment rules on residents.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
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Enforceability assesses whether the agency charged with enforcing the rule can actually administer it.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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In addiction treatment, encouraging emotional attachment to an algorithm risks reinforcing the very patterns of avoidance and substitution that sustain addiction.—
Steve D. Klein,
STAT,
14 May 2026
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Measures seen as defensive in Tokyo or Manila are invariably interpreted in Beijing as offensive—reinforcing, rather than easing, cycles of suspicion.—
Yu Jie,
Time,
13 May 2026
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“Limbering (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbering%20%28up%29. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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