Likewise, meekness once meant not becoming weak, but subjugating power to reason – not letting anger take control.
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Timothy J. Pawl,
The Conversation,
23 Feb. 2026
However, once Hernán Cortés triumphed, the conquistadors went from waging war — vanquishing the Aztecs — to the project of subjugating Indigenous holdouts and building a self-sustaining territory loyal to the crown.
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Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
The drone boat has supposedly survived a range of sea states that included waves exceeding five feet in height.
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Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
Kansas City has gotten off to one of its wettest starts on record, with April and May driving the total and far exceeding normal precipitation for those two months.
Brunson’s 45 points were also the most ever by a Knicks player in an NBA Finals game, surpassing Willis Reed’s 38 against the Los Angeles Lakers in 1970.
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C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
The offering leapfrogs SpaceX to become the largest global IPO, surpassing the current record holder, Saudi Aramco.
With an average unit cost hovering around $800,000 for the first three broadcasts of this year’s Finals, Disney is already close to eclipsing last season’s seven-game ad haul, which EDO AdEngage estimates pegged at $288 million.
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2026
Key Facts The move arrives just days after the company closed a $65 billion round that valued it at $965 billion—eclipsing rival OpenAI and cementing its status as the most valuable startup in artificial intelligence.
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