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Some questionable play-calling by the Falcons that didn’t milk the clock helped, but Brady willed his team to victory, leading them to a pair of touchdowns in the final six minutes of regulation.—
Greg Rajan,
Houston Chronicle,
6 Feb. 2026 -
Testifying under a Jane Doe pseudonym at the Chicago trial in August 2022, Landfair willed herself to look directly at Kelly.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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Belarus has provided critical support to Russia in the war, prompting the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to hand down the same punishment to both nations.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
3 Feb. 2026
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The announcement comes as the Supreme Court could hand down its decision at any time on the legality of the administration's use of emergency powers to impose tariffs.—
Meghan Mistry,
ABC News,
29 Jan. 2026
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In France, 60% of respondents said their government’s policies will leave future generations worse off, as did 53% in the United Kingdom and 51% in Germany.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Payne fled after the shooting, leaving his children behind.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Feb. 2026
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The movies of 2026 have got it all, from iconic Disney toys and Steven Spielberg aliens to Ghostface and Baby Yoda.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
7 Jan. 2026
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At the beginning of the book, aliens implant images of tool-using into the minds of man-apes.—
Larissa MacFarquhar,
New Yorker,
27 Oct. 2025
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This is not the first time Dabouis has turned in questionable scores for Beaudry and Cizeron.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Following his turn in Jordan Peele’s 2022 summer tentpole Nope, Kaluuya recently starred in the Chris Rock directed Misty Green which is coming out later this year.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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Lenderman conveys this perfectly, despite having never played it live before.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
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Mary does nothing to hide her irritability with him, something Metcalf conveys to perfection.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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Others were confronted by police in their hospital rooms or homes and forced to turn over their children.—
Shoshana Walter,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Sheridan then began trying to turn over his valuables but Ronald Heath then began kicking him, stabbed him in the neck and then tried to slit his throat, though the knife was too dull, court records say.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Pass (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%20%28down%29. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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