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Cool, chaotic, and hyper-curious, Xav blows up his sound without losing his style.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2026 -
This blows up dinner in a big way.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
6 Nov. 2025
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Replacing your roof not only improves safety and performance, but also boosts curb appeal and increases your home’s value.—
TIMEPROOF USA Roofing Company,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Feb. 2026
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Taking ownership removes friction and increases follow-through.—
Brian Page,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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All of it ultimately rolls up to the performance of individual clinics.—
Michael Wystrach,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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The buy is the crux of the role and everything rolls up into it.—
Raj Dhiman,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Jan. 2026
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The snowpack that builds up over the winter in the Sierra Nevada slowly melts to feed rivers and reservoirs through the spring and summer.—
Monica Garske,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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When bleeding or swelling inside one of these compartments builds up, pressure rises and begins to squeeze the muscles, nerves and blood vessels.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Try it again on the next block, and this time a suspicious-looking mushroom rises from within and chases you, a symbol for transformation that the designers hoped would be globally recognizable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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Caterpillar, which celebrated its 100th anniversary last year, is still fundamentally a cyclical business that rises and falls with the global economy.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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This practice artificially inflates prices and prevents everyday Texans from outbidding Wall Street.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Now, rather than invest in more powerful and more expensive technologies, some scientists are using an alternative technique called expansion microscopy, which inflates the subject using the same moisture-absorbing material found in diapers.—
Molly Herring,
Quanta Magazine,
4 Feb. 2026
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The investigation mushrooms Bock, the Feeding Our Future founder whom prosecutors called the mastermind of the fraud, was found guilty in March 2025.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
11 Jan. 2026
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When one scam center is taken down, another quickly mushrooms up elsewhere.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
15 Nov. 2025
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The partnership between the HR leaders and top technologists like the CTO and chief information officer has become much more critical as AI usage proliferates across the workplace.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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This type of scam proliferates around the holidays, when consumers make more online purchases and shippers deal with higher-than-normal volumes of packages, Visa notes.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
20 Nov. 2025
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“Puffs (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puffs%20%28up%29. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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