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Several reservoirs, including Loch Lomond, the main water supply for the city of Santa Cruz, and Lake Cachuma, the largest reservoir in Santa Barbara County, were 100% full on Wednesday, with water running down their spillways.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
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Hill has the speed and athleticism to run down ball carriers sideline to sideline, and the size (6-3, 238) and attitude to meet them in the hole with authority.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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As the 2025 season progressed, Jones returned to the hiring processes of defensive coordinators Matt Eberflus, Mike Zimmer and Dan Quinn — former head coaches with years of experience calling defenses — to find out what went wrong during the season.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Once the emperor found out, Valentine was executed.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Recent grocery store closures have rocked the north side of Milwaukee, where growing food deserts – areas where quality food is difficult to find – have left entire neighborhoods without ready access to food.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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For his courtroom outbursts, Davis found Thompson in contempt of court and added a little more than four and a half years to his sentence.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Feb. 2026
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One source briefed on the matter told CBS News that prosecutors were trying to ascertain whether Pulte and Martin had improperly deputized Bowes and Strauss to assist on the Schiff investigation.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
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Backed by funding from the Office of Naval Research, Robison is conducting a study designed to ascertain the training’s effectiveness.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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Boxer Imane Khelif admitted to having the SRY gene, located on the Y chromosome, which is found in biological males, and undergoing hormone treatments to lower testosterone levels ahead of the 2024 Olympics in an interview with the French sports publication L'Equipe.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The unit recorded higher losses than expected last quarter after Washington issued a stop-work order for projects including Vineyard Wind 1, located off Martha’s Vineyard.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The transistor can detect image changes in just 100 microseconds, much faster than human perception.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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Our InfoSec team quickly detected and eliminated the access, and the incident is contained.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, senior leaders at Arizona State University were quietly hosting 30 leaders from Korean technical colleges to discuss how the United States might learn from their success in developing an AI-ready workforce.—
David Ignatius,
Washington Post,
11 Feb. 2026
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Researchers also learned that these 7- to 10-pound creatures, which are not much larger than a house cat, are impressively agile and travel about seven miles a day in extremely rugged territory.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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These special beings unite to try and discover their true evolutionary purpose while being watched and hunted by a dark group called the Whispers.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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In the beauty world, finding out someone’s lip combo is like discovering their astrological big three.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Poke (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poke%20%28around%29. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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