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The Kansas Highway Patrol identified a Leavenworth woman as the person killed in a single-vehicle crash in Johnson County Tuesday afternoon.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2026 -
According to Altizer, nothing was found during those searches, and without a specific location identified in the Willow Creek area, law enforcement has yet to conduct a thorough ground search there.—
Sarah Dahlberg,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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On display, there is a patchwork quilt the queen made out of her clothing to document her sentence.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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This system is made out of the same material – super steel and a titanium alloy – that Honor uses for its folding phone hinges.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Past observations by Hubble and other observatories have picked up outflows of gas from NGC 1266, lending further support to this theory of why so few new stars are being born there.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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Every starting hitter picked up at least one hit, with Woita, Jordan, and Durnin also picking up multi-hit performances.—
Jace Denison,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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“Picked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picked%20out. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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