as in sudden
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Two PhD researchers at University of California San Diego (UCSD) spoke with Newsweek about how the threat of cuts from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the sudden disappearance of research grants, have left the scientific community reeling.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025 -
Linda Ward-Smith, president of her local AFGE union chapter in Las Vegas, said of the sudden buyout offer.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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As President-elect Trump approaches the second half of his discontinuous presidency, Americans seem cool to his signature economic proposal: steep new tariffs on America’s most important trading partners.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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About 19,000 people had to flee the city, which is in an area with discontinuous permafrost.—
Evan Bush,
NBC News,
10 Dec. 2024
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That all came to an abrupt end in 2015 when Clarkson was fired by the BBC for assaulting a producer when his meal failed to arrive after a day’s filming.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
1 Feb. 2025
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Downtown nightlife is in a state of struggle, with ongoing clashes drawing a heavier police presence and the abrupt closure of multiple clubs.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2025
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Beyond the enormous needs of the skyrocketing number of war wounded, hundreds of thousands of people with acute and chronic illnesses were left with limited or no access to medicine and treatment.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC News,
2 Feb. 2025
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The threat of Russian drones is so acute, artillery units can be reached when the sun tips into the horizon, and the light is vanishing.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Saltatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saltatory. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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