Although Anglican churches in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, and New Zealand began ordaining women as priests as early as the 1970s, the Church of Nigeria resisted such developments.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
Gartner predicted this moment in October 2024, forecasting that 20% of organizations would use AI to flatten their structures by 2026, eliminating more than half of existing middle-management roles.
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Cindy Rodriguez Constable,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Fundstrat Global Advisors' Tom Lee has joined a growing chorus of Wall Street bulls forecasting the S & P 500 will end the year at 8,000.
But the drama here feels too diagrammatic, foretelling a tragic fate from the first scene onward as everyone parties down like their lives depend on it.
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Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
The Guardian similarly noted more than a dozen $100,000 bets on prediction markets foretelling the February air strikes on Iran, while The New York Times last month reported 150 bets of $1,000 or more predicting the start of the war.
Vibrations from earth-moving equipment could have triggered further collapses, possibly dooming Gil — and his would-be rescuers.
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Mery Mogollón,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2026
The Philadelphia Phillies slugger did exactly that in the second inning with two on and two out, taking a 92 MPH fastball 418 feet into the right field seats, dooming the Mets in a 6-2 loss Sunday night.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2026
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