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James Ward During the debate, Republican candidate Steve Hilton said that only a small percentage of California has been developed for housing, arguing that the state should focus on building homes on undeveloped land rather than increasing density in existing cities.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026 -
Doing so compresses the light reflected from the plasma, thereby increasing its intensity.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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The goal is to prevent conflict from escalating to the point where productive communication becomes impossible.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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At a time of escalating viral threats, this is a take better suited to online feuds than to biosecurity strategy from the apex of American public health.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
24 May 2026
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While Univision will continue to feature the highly dramatic telenovelas for which it is best known, the network is augmenting its schedule in areas that are certain to draw broader crowds, including sports.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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Semafor’s journalists helped fill in the gaps by augmenting the readout with reporting that wasn’t captured in the transcript.—
Gina Chua,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026
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With revenue-sharing challenges mounting across college athletics — and some schools already cutting sports — expanding the playoff has become a potential financial lifeline.—
Trey Wallace OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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According to Abbott's office, the Texas Department of Public Safety is immediately expanding the Texas Repeat Offender Taskforce to the Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin metropolitan areas.—
Mateo Rosiles,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The formula generally estimates the cost of UBI by multiplying the number of citizens and lawful permanent citizens and lawful permanent residents (314 million) by the amount of the payment ($6,000 per person per year).—
Carrie Brandon Elliot,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Indeed, over the past several months, the Islamic Republic has responded to pressure not by simplifying its structure of authority, but by multiplying and obscuring the channels through which authority is exercised.—
Hamidreza Azizi,
Time,
9 May 2026
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Navel-gazing cinema about the creative process isn’t usually my bag, but Almodóvar doesn’t take his own misery that seriously, even inserting a manic pixie dream hunk, a male stripper-slash-firefighter played by Patrick Criado, for a little bump and grind.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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Proper lighting makes simple tasks like applying makeup and inserting contacts easier.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
20 May 2026
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Platforms that continuously retrain, refine workflows and evolve specialized agents create compounding ROI.—
Hope Frank,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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In a market where risk is compounding and less predictable, growth can become the fastest way to fail.—
Richard McCathron,
Fortune,
25 May 2026
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The Looking Out Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded by Brandi Carlile which has supported humanitarian causes for over two decades – amplifying the impact of music by awarding grants, engaging community, and creating powerful partnerships.—
Frank Racioppi,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Qubits can take on multiple values simultaneously and become entangled with one another, amplifying their power.—
Zeeya Merali,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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“Swelling (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swelling%20%28up%29. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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