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No candidate has polled higher than 20-some percent — a testament to how many are in the running, but also an indication that none of them has truly captured the zeitgeist of today’s California.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026 -
Any natural satellites of Psyche could’ve been ejected from the body by ancient impacts—or might’ve even been captured from deep space by chance encounters as the asteroid drifted through the solar system.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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Montreal opened the scoring when Dubois’ shot hit off of Elizabeth Giguere’s stick and tricked Rooney.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Montreal opened the scoring when Dubois' shot hit off of Elizabeth Giguere's stick and tricked Rooney.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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Busby kidnapped Crane from the parking lot of a Tom Thumb grocery store in Fort Worth.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
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The thriller, based on the bestselling book The Chain by Adrian McKinty, follows Rachel (Comer), a suburban mom who must consider the unthinkable when her daughter is kidnapped.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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To this day, a portion of the left-wing Democratic elite views Obama as a charlatan who hoodwinked their voters into supporting him.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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There’s no argument that somehow people were hoodwinked or didn’t know what was in the contract.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Ruff said on Sunday after the Sabres waylaid the Bruins 6-1 in Boston.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Padres have gotten promising results from two reclamation projects in Walker Buehler and Germán Márquez, veterans who used to lead pitching staffs before Tommy John surgery waylaid them the past couple seasons.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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But the postcard Hersh received appears to be part of a misinformation campaign targeting Democrats who might be deceived into voting for two candidates, a move that would spoil their ballot.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026
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The return of Prince in the 11th over earned Lukcnow wickets of Devdutt Padikkal, who got deceived by a slower ball, and struggling Jitesh Sharma, who top-edged a pull shot to Pant behind the wickets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 May 2026
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Officers seized two firearms and one vehicle connected to the disturbance.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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In order to recover as much money from the scheme as possible, prosecutors have determined that these assets must be seized as quickly as possible.—
Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
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But the victim, realizing he’d been duped, had reached out to police.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Hong Kong — China’s top spy agency has come out of the shadows to warn that its young people are being duped by foreign forces into shirking hard work and prioritizing their individual emotions at the expense of national development.—
Sylvie Zhuang,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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“Shanghaied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shanghaied. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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