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as in to look up
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Stargaze by the River At nightfall, don't forget to look up, says Cassie Branstetter, Public Information Officer for Buffalo National River.—
Katie Strasberg Rousso,
Southern Living,
19 Sep. 2025 -
Salgado immediately looked up the affected census tracts in CEJST.—
Marlowe Starling,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Deadline spoke with the cast about some of the biggest moments from the episode to get their takes.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
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TransPerfect has also been working with Microsoft to pilot some new AI products, for example, says Zinger, and it’s been casting about internally for other business opportunities.—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The jeans also have a cropped length that hits right at the ankle and patch pockets that not only look cute, but are also functional.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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The order, which, again, acts like one blanket prescription, allows pharmacists and other healthcare professionals to look at FDA approval for vaccines and not ACIP recommendations.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Very little aid, if anything, is reaching Gaza City at this point.—
Kaity Kline,
NPR,
18 Sep. 2025
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That deal would potentially break a rule that no single broadcaster can reach more than 39 percent of American homes, so the FCC would have to lift the cap in order for the merger to go ahead.—
Amanda Castro
Shane Croucher
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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While details are still forthcoming about Robinson’s background and motive, both of his parents have Utah hunting licenses.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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This is because finding a world with the right atmosphere, chemistry, and geological activity is like hunting for a cosmic needle in a haystack, and this is why the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has been such a struggle.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Seek (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seek%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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