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After the Michigan Innocence Clinic asked the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office to review the case, it was discovered that DNA evidence excluded Calicut from the scene and he was freed last month after nearly 30 years behind bars.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026 -
To ensure the fairness and credibility of our readers’ poll, any votes originating from the same IP address that exceed 20 submissions will be excluded from the final tally.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Apr. 2026
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Some billings where the amount charged wasn’t enough to cover the number of hours logged were then omitted from the analysis.—
Joe Mahr,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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Some arrests could not be matched to a ZIP code — about 1 in 3 — and were omitted from our arrest by ZIP code analysis.—
Wendi C. Thomas,
ProPublica,
15 Apr. 2026
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Logging is prohibited, planes must obey minimum altitude limits when flying over it, and motorized boats are limited to certain areas.—
Todd Richmond,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Anything that could be used as a weapon or cause harm is prohibited.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Trump has repeatedly said, including in a briefing immediately following the shooting, that the 20,000-square-foot addition would have prevented a would-be shooter from getting close to him.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The man reportedly told others to move out of the way just before the tree fell, which the people said likely prevented more of them from being hit.—
Kathryn Prociv,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Missed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missed%20out. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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