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Membership isn’t required, but travelers need to sign up online and get approved 48 hours prior to a flight — and be willing to spend about $1,300 for a one-time privilege.
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Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
Information about the Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard® has been collected independently by CNBC Select and has not been reviewed or provided by the issuer of the card prior to publication.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 19 May 2026
In February, the FBI released images showing an armed person at Nancy Guthrie's front door tampering with the camera prior to her disappearance, but the suspect in the images has not been identified.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Fudd missed the Dallas Wings’ home opener Tuesday with a right knee injury, the team announced prior to tipoff against the Atlanta Dream.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 13 May 2026
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Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
Information about the Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard® has been collected independently by CNBC Select and has not been reviewed or provided by the issuer of the card prior to publication.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 19 May 2026
In February, the FBI released images showing an armed person at Nancy Guthrie's front door tampering with the camera prior to her disappearance, but the suspect in the images has not been identified.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Fudd missed the Dallas Wings’ home opener Tuesday with a right knee injury, the team announced prior to tipoff against the Atlanta Dream.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 13 May 2026
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Her mother, Sara Spalding, attended Yale Law School and built a successful career for herself before ultimately deciding to stay home and raise her four kids.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
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Swift and Kelce, who recently signed a three-year, $54 million contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, took their seats in Rocket Arena shortly before the opening tip.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
24 May 2026
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Court papers say the note was written previous to his suicide and in connection with an earlier apparent suicide attempt.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Over the three seasons previous to 2025-26, the two men played 1,343 minutes together at five-on-five, scoring 4.51 goals per 60 with a 62 percent goal share.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Vals is a mountain village (with an elevation of about 4,100 feet) that lays claim to a natural 86-degree spring—the only one in the Grisons canton to come directly from the ground.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2026
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In previous cases, humans exposed to the product have reported both short and long-term respiratory effects.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
25 May 2026
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“Prior to.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prior%20to. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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