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With oil holding around the $100 level, the odds of a Fed rate cut this year have vanished.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,Zev Fima,
CNBC,
25 May 2026 -
Support from his assistants suddenly vanished.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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The agency said its three water trucks gave out 31,700 gallons of water to affected residents.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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Last year, the sorority gave out 263 Nike Air Force One solid white sneakers to children at five Gary elementary schools, according to archives.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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No explanation, no farewell episode, no acknowledgment that a human being had just evaporated from the cast.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2026
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Consequently, Treasury yields are elevated relative to year-to-date lows and gold, despite retreating from its January peak, continues to signal that institutional safe-haven demand has not evaporated.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
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SpaceX Two minutes and 24 seconds after liftoff, now out of the dense lower atmosphere, the Starship upper stage's six Raptors ignited just before the Super Heavy first stage fell away.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
22 May 2026
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The sense of a cultural in- and out-group dissolved as niche communities grew and old-school ideas of coolness fell away.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
Verb
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That growth, though, has now tapered off.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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Their 3-point shooting quickly tapered off for the remainder of the game.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2026
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“Petered (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petered%20%28out%29. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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