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Earlier this year, then-Fire Chief Kristin Crowley cited disabled engines, and a lack of mechanics, as one reason why fire officials did not dispatch more personnel to Pacific Palisades before the Jan. 7 fire.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025 -
In addition to overseeing Social Security benefits for retirees and disabled people, the Social Security Administration helps administer programs run by other agencies, including Medicare and Medicaid.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Director Naoko Yamada and Kyoto Animation weave a beautifully intimate coming-of-age story of a young deaf girl and the sixth-grade bully who, years later, becomes a social outcast and tries to atone for his past cruelty.—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
4 June 2025
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The family has since adopted a 2.5-month-old puppy named Ellie, who is also deaf, according to a recent Facebook post.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
2 June 2025
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Amid rising ocean temperatures, scientists expect to find even more diseased coral colonies in the future.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 June 2025
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If it is infected later, those plants produce diseased kernels that are shriveled and wilted.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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An ailing right thumb could explain his shooting woes during the postseason, when the fourth-year guard suffered through a horrendous 0-of-15 shooting slump and shot just 4-of-23 over his last six playoff games.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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Injury updates: In a move quickly buried under a pile of managerial chaos, the Rockies transferred the ailing Kris Bryant to the 60-day IL May 11 amid an ongoing back issue.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
21 May 2025
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Decades later, an increasingly erratic and incapacitated C.F. railed against his three sons’ attempts to take over Seabrook Farms.—
Heller McAlpin,
Christian Science Monitor,
3 June 2025
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For his part, Russell isn’t going for embodying just another big-screen bad guy, but rather an intriguing and respected citizen on the surface here with a beloved dog and an incapacitated wife who will figure into Kateri’s plans.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Dani Carvajal and Eder Militao, out since October and November with serious knee injuries, might be unfit too.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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The latest policy makes no such exception, deeming any service member with a current diagnosis, history or symptoms of gender dysphoria unfit for military service.—
Brooke Migdon,
The Hill,
5 June 2025
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The cumulative effect of those interpretations directly shapes how socially well—or unwell—people feel.—
Gillian Oakenfull,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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My education of measles was, at one point, limited to a single page in a medical school textbook with a grainy photo from decades ago displaying an unwell child covered in a rash.—
James M. Gaylor,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2025
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There is another current salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers that has already left 45 people sick and 16 hospitalized across 18 states.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Some of the samples tested positive for Salmonella and additional testing found that the samples were closely related to the Salmonella found in sick people.—
Amber Brenza,
Health,
8 June 2025
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